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7 Years of Digital India Nation
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
DIGITAL INDIA WITH FOLLOWING DATA
Digital India means saving time,
labour, and money. Digital India
means fast profit, full profit. Digital Direct Benefit Transfer:
India means minimum government From the fiscal year 2014-
and maximum governance. There 2015 to June 2, 2022,
is a strong emphasis on the scale approximately Rs 2.27 lakh
and speed with which the crore was directly transferred
into the accounts of
infrastructure for Digital India is beneficiaries. The corruption
being built. that has been leaking money
Narendra Modi, is coming to an end from
Prime Minister. JAM Trinity.
urdeep Singh, the owner of the Common Aadhaar numbers have been issued to over 132
Service Center (CSC) in Shahjahanpur, Uttar crore residents across the country.
GPradesh, began this work when he had no On the government's e-marketplace (GeM), goods
other source of income. Now he employs 20 people. worth Rs 25.52 lakh crore have been ordered.
This platform connects more than 40 lakh
Jondro M. Sangma of Ladakh had to travel two traders.
to three kilometres away from his home once a year DigiLocker has over 92.3 million users and has
to the bank to submit a life certificate for pension. "I distributed 5.10 billion documents.
downloaded the UMANG app and can now submit Optical fibre cables and related equipment have
the life certificate digitally while sitting at home," he been installed in more than 1.77 lakh gram
explains. Sangma advises everyone to download the panchayats across the country as part of the
UMANG app and buy approved biometric devices. Bharat Net project.
Similarly, IT professional Chandan Kumar from Since 2014, approximately 5.70 crore certificates
Bihar received his insurance claim for his crashed have been issued through e-Jeevan Pramaan.
car with the Registration Certificate (RC) parked More than 1.73 crore farmers have registered on
in the DigiLocker. He had borrowed money from a the e-NAM platform, which was founded on the
bank to purchase a car in 2016.He paid off the bank idea of a single mandi in the country.
loan, but because of the lockdown, the authorities' Across the country, more than 45.55 crore Jan
letter to that effect did not reach him at his rented Dhan accounts have been opened.
house in Gurgaon. When the car crashed in 2021, 4.94 lakh common service centres (CSCs) have
DigiLocker's RC was used to file an insurance claim, been established, providing both employment
which the insurance company accepted. and services.
These are some examples of how Prime Minister Through India Post Payment Bank, more than
Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative, launched on 1.02 lakh post payment banks have been set up
July 1st, 2015, has made people's lives easier. The under Bank Aapke Dwar Sewa.
level of ease of doing business and ease of living in The National Scholarship Portal has verified over
the country with Minimum Government- Maximum 8.39 crore applications.
Governance is constantly improving. Transparency The UMANG Mobile App includes 20,527 services
has arrived, and Digital India is working to put an from 279 central and state government
end to corruption. Digital India is the manifestation departments, as well as 1417 services from 33
state agencies.
of a powerful India e
Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that The signatures are being placed on documents
that have been certified by the e-signature
Digital India is ushering in a silent revolution in service. Approximately 29 crore e-signatures
the country. Farmers' lives have been transformed have been issued as of February 2022.
by digital transactions. Youth who are digitally
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