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FLAGSHIP | Digital India Programme
Farmers and
Rural Sector
₹4.27+
lakh crore has been disbursed 566+
under the PM-KISAN scheme. Education and Skills
It utilises a farmer-centric crore Learning sessions have
digital infrastructure that 1.5 crore Users have joined taken place on the DIKSHA
includes OTP/Aadhaar- the iGOT Karmayogi platform, which has over 2
based e-KYC and biometric platform, which hosts crore users.
authentication. 4,000+ digital courses.
n Agricultural and horticultural n Over 800 government websites are integrated with Digital India Bhashini
advisories are issued to farmers and handle more than 1.5 crore AI-driven tasks daily.
in the Northeastern states n Over 16 lakh candidates have benefited from the FutureSkills PRIME
through 'm4Agri'. programme; 85% of the beneficiaries are from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.
n Over 97% of the country's n 6.39 crore rural citizens were trained under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin
area has completed digitisation Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), surpassing the target of
of land record maps, and training one person per household across 6 crore families.
citizens in 19 states can now
download digitally signed, n Initiatives like e-Counselling, e-Granthalaya, and the National Academic
legally valid land records from Depository are also streamlining processes.
the comfort of their homes.
n Over 36 crore land parcels Entrepreneurship and Procurement,
have been assigned unique land Manufacturing
parcel identification numbers, Trade & Taxation
a 14-digit alphanumeric code n With over 2.2 lakh startups, India n In ICEGATE, the portal
that helps curb benami (proxy) boasts the world’s third-largest of the Central Board of
transactions. startup ecosystem, where technology Indirect Taxes and Customs
is simplifying people’s lives. (CBIC), its integration
9+ n The Startup India Hub is a digital with ULIP, the motor
platform that brings together
vehicle ecosystem, and
budding entrepreneurs, investors,
BSF has created a real-
crore Farmer ID mentors, incubators, and government time data-sharing network,
bodies on a single stage, fostering
accelerating border clearance
cards have been innovation and business growth. and cargo processing.
generated.
Emerging Technologies
Digital platforms such as the 18+
National Programme on Artificial
Intelligence (IndiaAI) and the Centre lakh crore Total sales
of Excellence for Internet of Things recorded on the GeM
(IoT) are helping to advance emerging platform from its inception
technologies across the country. up to April 2026.
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