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Digital India Programme | FLAGSHIP

Digital India is Making Life Easier

Social Empowerment Financial Inclusion

11+ crore registrations on UMANG, 188+
through which citizens can
access approximately 2,400
types of government services. crore e-Way bills are
generated; they serve as a
n Over 6 crore users on the MyGov website. unified electronic document
n Over 2 crore youth and organisations connected for transportation, replacing
to the MyBharat portal; MyBharat centres will be multiple state-level permits.
established across 783 districts.
n 7.22 lakh km of optical fibre cable has been laid; n DigiYatra has been used over 10 crore times across
internet connectivity across the country has been 38 airports in the country.
strengthened under the BharatNet scheme.
n Over 2 lakh Gram Panchayats connected via optical n ₹51+ lakh crore has been transferred via Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT) leveraging the 'Trishakti' of
fibre under the BharatNet programme.
Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile.
Digital Infrastructure n 58+ crore Jan Dhan accounts opened.
n 144+ crore Aadhaar numbers issued—the world's
70+ crore DigiLocker largest digital identity system; in 2014, the figure
stood at 61 crore.
users have 950
crore digital
documents stored n 9 countries have adopted India's UPI.
n Indian UPI is accepted in Singapore, the UAE,
France, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Qatar, Sri Lanka,
n Over 74.4 crore users on the 'Meri Pehchan'
website, which integrates more than 16,000 and now Cambodia.
services; multiple government services can be n 49% of global real-time payments are made in India
accessed here via a Single Sign-On. via UPI.
n Over 5 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) n Over 81% of all retail digital transactions in India
are operating nationwide, offering more than 800 are conducted through UPI.
services in assisted digital mode. n 64+ crore people and merchants are using the UPI
n Over 90% of files have transitioned to e-Office, platform.
enabling paperless operations within government
departments.

Transport and n 12+ crore FASTags issued; Healthcare and Wellness
Logistics vehicles now stop for only a few n Over 90 crore ABHA accounts have
seconds at toll plazas, reducing
been created under the Ayushman
₹16+ fuel costs and benefiting the Bharat Digital Mission, setting a record
environment.
for the adoption of the 14-digit digital
health identification number.
lakh crore The estimated n A Unified Logistics Interface n Over 45 crore e-consultations were
Platform (ULIP) is a digital
cost of 352 projects has platform that aggregates data from conducted via eSanjeevani.
been evaluated on the PM logistics-related ministries and
GatiShakti platform. departments onto a single platform. n 8.9 crore beneficiaries and over 14 lakh
Anganwadis were linked to Poshan Tracker.
n The Aarogya Setu app played a
significant role in vaccination and
contact tracing during COVID-19.

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