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Use of IT for Good Governance The Internet and mobile revolution

Ayushman Bharat, Jal Jeevan Mission, Umang India is one of the countries in the world with
App, Digilocker, Jeevan Prathamna, Aadhar-based the lowest internet data per GB rate. While the
DBT, and most government schemes, including average cost in December 2014 was Rs 269
e-services, have ensured transparency, and people per GB, by June 2021 it had dropped by 96%
can now access services while sitting at home to Rs 10 per GB. In March 2014, India had 25
rather than waiting in queues. crore internet connections; in 2021, this figure
crossed 83 crores. In 2021, India had 120
Optical Fiber: Internet across villages million mobile subscribers. 75 crore of these
people own smartphones.
So far, 1.79 lakh gram panchayats have been
linked through 5.75 lakh kilometres of optical fibre Check on corruption
line. Wi-Fi is available in more than 1 lakh gram With the government e-marketplace, i.e., the GEM
panchayats. portal, corruption in government procurement has
been curbed. Annual procurement of Rs 1 lakh
crore is being done through it. At the same time,
money is now being sent directly to the accounts
of the needy through Direct Benefit Transfer.
From 2014 to 2021, about Rs 2.22 lakh crore has
been saved through this.
India becomes a space superpower

In its very first attempt, India became the only
country in the world to enter Mars orbit. Since
2014, India has launched 342 satellites from 34
different countries into space, compared to only
35 foreign satellites launched prior to 2014. India
launched the most advanced satellites, GSAT-11
and GSAT-29, into space to improve high-speed
communication capabilities.
Drone Technology

Farmers have started using drone technology
for spraying pesticides and nutrients. Access
to inaccessible areas for supplying of the
COVID vaccine and medicines was ensured
through drones. In view of the future prospects
in the drone sector, the Drone Policy was
announced for the first time.

We are moving towards semiconductors, we are moving towards 5G, we are laying
optical fibre networks. This is only the hallmark of modernity; it is not so. Three great
forces are contained within it. A radical revolution in education is going to come through

the digital medium. The radical revolution in health services is about to come from
digital. A huge change in agricultural life is also going to come from digital. A new world
is being prepared. This decade is the time of Techade for mankind.
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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