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Cover Story India Moving Towards Permanent Solution
Digital India:
The tech-savvy prime minister
adopted the path of reform.
E-OFFICE AND E-SIGNATURE:
Files are no longer confined to the office.
E-office also simplifies one-click transfers,
monitoring, and accountability. On file or
application approval, there is no need to
sign with a pen. In the country, over 28 crore
e-signatures have been issued.
FACELESS EVALUATION
Electronic verification of Income tax , fast
NET CONNECTIVITY IN VILLAGES FROM BHARATNET
NET CONNECTIVITY IN VILLAGES FROM BHARATNET returns, faceless assessment, and appeals
5.67 lakh km of fiber cable has been laid for a began in 2021-2022. Arbitrariness is being
permanent solution and high-speed internet phased out. Bribery is becoming obsolete.
connectivity in rural India. 1.77 lakh Gram Personal taxes rose by 48%, while corporate
Panchayat has been made service ready. Fiber taxes rose by 41%.
cable will reach all over 6 lakh villages.
INDIA POST PAYMENT BANK
ATAL INNOVATION MISSION crore accounts have been
Fostering ecosystems of innovation and opened across the country. 1.36 lakh post
entrepreneurship at the level of schools, In remote areas, you can offices, 1.89
universities, research institutes, and businesses withdraw money from your lakh postmen
across the country There are over 9500 Atal 5.25 account by tapping on the are providing
Tickering Labs in 722 districts across the biometric device available service
country's 34 states and union territories. to the postman.
FROM LEADERSHIP INTENT TO A LONG-TERM around 45 lakh small entrepreneurs have registered
SOLUTION on the GeM (GeM) portal, and orders totaling more
Prime Minister Modi's personality and governance than 2.25 lakh crores have been placed through this
have become a hallmark of the projects, from the portal. There were fewer than 500 registered fintech
laying of the foundation stone to the inauguration. start-ups in India four years ago. Their number has
We made it to the top 50 in the Global Innovation now surpassed 2300.
Index because of our vision of better opportunities The export eco-system is the best example of
and innovation. More than 32 thousand unnecessary Sankalp se Siddhi that has been created in New
permission provisions have been removed so far to India today. Previously, the country bore the brunt of
promote ease of doing business. Many concerns government-centered governance; however, in the
were expressed prior to the implementation of GST. twenty-first century, India is moving forward with
The same is making a new record of tax collection. the vision of people-centered governance, whose
This great economic revolution freed the people top priority is that the government itself reach out
from the tax trap and provided a long-term solution. to the people, reach out to every eligible person,
There has always been concern about transparency and provide him with full benefit. The Central
in government procurement, but in recent years, Government recently launched the Jansamarth
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