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8 Years of Digital India Flagship

India's telecom sector
expanding rapidly

n 4G and 5G technology stacks created.The 6G road
map is being developed by the innovation group. As long as I speak the words Digital
Payment Interface, 7,000 trans-
n In 24,680 unmapped villages, 4G mobile services
are available. actions have been completed
through UPI in this time. This work is
n The 5G network launched in over 529 districts.
being done through Digital India.
Whereas data cost Rs 308 per GB in 2014, it is now
only Rs 9.60.
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Atal Innovation
Mission

n 10,000-Atal Tickering Lab.
n More than 75 lakh students are taking advantage of
Atal Tickering Labs.
n Creation of more than 12 lakh innovation projects.
n 69 incubator centres were establi shed.
n Support to more than 2900 startups.

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Lakh the digital literacy curriculum mandatory. There is a
Common service centre need for educational software to be available in all major

Indian languages in order to provide access to users,
84 including students from remote locations. Samagra
Shiksha's ICT and digital initiative has approved ICT
Thousand
labs and smart classrooms in government schools
from classes VI to XII.
2014 2023
Establishment of a Digital University
National Super Computing
The Government of India will establish a digital
Mission
university to provide students across the country with
n 28 supercomputers were installed. access to world-class, high-quality education from the
comfort of their own homes. The Digital University,
n Developed capacity in excess of 24 pentaflops.
developed in collaboration with multiple IITs, is a
n More than 100 institutes are connected to the
hub-spoke model with cutting-edge ITC expertise.
supercomputer on the National Knowledge Network.
Consultation meetings are currently taking place
to finalise the recommendations for the operation
n Skill training to more than 17,500 people.
of this university. We have such a comprehensive
n The indigenously developed Rudra Server is ready to use
infrastructure for Digital India and such a large
data set, but departments continue to request the
same information and documents that are already
present in one or more databases. NOCs, certificates,
clearances, and the like consume a significant amount
of administrative time.

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