Digital
India Week observed all over the country
To Inform, Educate & Engage citizens across the country, Digital
India Week, from 1stJuly to 7th July, 2015 has been
observed all over India. In this week, multiple and varied events and
activities took place at all the levels. Starting from the National level
event, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister, events were conducted at State and
District levels, villages and Panchayats, Industry, Schools, Colleges and
Universities, Common Service Centres, NIELIT centres, STPI centres, Post
Offices, BSNL/MTNL Centers and CDAC centres. Many events, after the national
launch, were also undertaken by Central Ministries and agencies under it...................................................................................................
During the Digital India Week, a number of services relating to Health,
Education, Public Distribution System, Police, Agriculture, Trade and
Employment etc. have been launched by various State Governments. Activities
such as workshops, competitions, digital literacy activities, display of
Digital India Films and Videos, rallies etc. have been organized by various
stakeholders................................
A gist of activities and events undertaken during the Digital India Week
are as follows:..---------------
1. National
Level Event – Digital India Week, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister
at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on 1st of July, 2015, was
attended by more than 15,000 persons including Ministers of Union Council,
State Ministers, Ambassadors, young CEO’s & IT professionals and other
dignitaries. The evet witnessed launch of 15 initiatives by Hon’ble Prime
Minister. Some of the key highlights of this event are:
· Leading
industry captains shared their ideas and vision of Digital India and committed
investments of about Rs 4.5 lakh Crore, for the programme.
· Millions
of viewers watched the live telecast of the event on Doordarshan, Webcast (
webcast.gov.in) and Youtube.
· Simultaneous
telecast of the event was organised in Post Offices, CSCs, STPI Centres, NIELIT
Centres, BSNL Centres, State Headquarters and Missions abroad.
· The
event witnessed more than 1 billion impressions on officials social media
handles (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram).......................
2. Week
Long Event – To maintain the momentum and enthusiasm of the National
Programme, Week-long events were organised from State to the Gram Panchayat
level. All State Governments, Industry and a number of Central Government
Departments and Organizations have conducted the events. Some of the key
highlights are as follows:----------------
a. State
Level Events – Have been conducted at all State
headquarters. ~ 150 such events have been organized
with a participation more than 98,000 people. About 25 such events were
graced by Chief Ministers, LGs and Administrators. The events were also
attended by State Ministers, Industry representatives and other dignitaries.
The key activities undertaken at the State level events are launch of
new services by States, discussions on technology and e-Governance and awareness
through publications and social media.
More than 250 services were launched in areas of Health information,
utility services, smart PDS card, land record services, mobile app for civic
amenities, services for farmers, social welfare and pension services, electoral
services, online court services, police services, and employment exchange
services
b. District
Level Events –Events and activities have been organized at most of the
District headquarters in the country. Reports have been received from 438
districts wherein in 1238 events, more than 1.36 lakh government officials and
citizens have been informed on Digital India Programme and its services. A
large number of events have been attended by Member of Parliaments, District
Collectors, Members of the Legislative Assembly and other dignitaries.
Some of the key activities undertaken are workshops and seminars,
digital literacy activities, registration for Digital Locker and other
e-Services, promotion through rallies and publications and contests and
competitions.......................
c. Common
Service Centres (CSCs) Events – Events were organised at more than
57,000 CSCs, wherein more than 34.2 lakh people (rural citizens, youth,
e-Service users) participated..................................
During these events citizens have been informed on Digital India,
Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy, e-Health, e-Commerce etc. Activities like
educating villagers about pension account opening, Bank account opening,
Registration of youth for national skill development agency, career counselling
and registration for jobs were also undertaken. ..................................................
d. Post
Office Events – Events have been organized at more than 1,500 post
offices across the country and more than 1.75 lakh citizens have been informed
about Digital India and e-Services.
Some of the key activities conducted during the week are, Jan Chetna
Divas, Financial Inclusion Day, Education Day, e-Duniya Day, e Commerce Day and
Public Grievance Day...................................
e. Digital
Wellness Online Challenge – NeGD in partnership with Intel has
organized the Digital Wellness Challenge in a large number of schools. This
initiative has empowered the students for providing them with information and
sensible application of the principles of cyber safety, cyber security and
cyber ethics..........................................................
More than 6.23 lakh students, from class 6th to 12th participated
in the event.
f. School,
Colleges/ Universities Events - These events have been organized in
association with State Education Departments. More than 1.35 lakh students in
1,500 School, Colleges/ Universities have been made aware about Digital India
Programme and its services.
Activities like competitions for students and teachers, webinar on
Digital India, showcasing on Digital India Film and Education Portals etc. have
been organized, during the week...........................................................................
g. STPI
Events - Events and activities have been organized at more than 70
STPI Centres and associated IT units across the country and more than 17,000 IT
professionals have been informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Activities like awareness through audio visuals and discussions,
re-cycling the e-Waste by placing e-waste bins at various locations and
campaign on Swacch Digital Bharat, Cyber Security and hygiene and IT Industry
and Trade were undertaken................................................................
h. NIELIT
Events - Events and activities have been organized at more than 120
NIELIT Centres across the country and more than 1.25 lakh citizens have been
informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Activities like live broadcast of PM’s event at NIELIT centres,
classroom sessions on Digital India Pillars and services, top shows, launch of
smart classrooms, cycle rally etc. have been undertaken...................................
i. Industry
Events – Industry and industry associations organized more than 75
events on Digital India in which ~ 25,000 IT professional and employees and
school students participated.
Awareness activities through workshops and seminars have been conducted
in areas like Future classrooms, Digital Literacy Programmes, e- Waste
Management, Telemedicine and Tele-consulting, Internet safety, Putting Indian
heritage Online and enabling educators to support education system of future.
j. Gram
Panchayat Events – These events have been organized in partnership
with Ministry of panchayati raj, Government of India. Till date, reports have
been received of events at more than 1,600 gram panchayats and participation of
~ 58,000 people. The actual number would be much larger as the states, during
the Video Conference held on 9th July informed activities in
almost all the GPs were carried out.
Some of the key activities undertaken are Awareness creation on Digital
India & e-Panchayat services, Updation of details on Panchayat websites and
other information portals of Panchayats, Mobile based mapping of Panchayat
assets (mAsset), Digital Literacy Enrolment drive, Competitions among public
with incentives and prizes.
k. CDAC
Events - Events and activities have been organized at 16 CDACCentres
and more than 10,000 students and IT professionals have been informed about
Digital India and e-Services.
3. Initiatives/Launches
by Central Ministries/ Departments
a. Department
of Telecom - Pan India Full Mobile Number Portability
(MNP)implemented from July 3rd onwards- helping in Mobile Identity and
realising the goal of JAM Trinity ( Jandhan - Aadhar - Mobile ).
b. CEO
Roundtable by FICCI with the theme ‘Investment in NexGen Digital
Infrastructure’ was held on 3rd July 2015 which was graced by Hon’ble Minister
of Communications and IT, Government of India as chief guest. Hon’ble Minister
said that the government is working towards Digital Inclusion and that the
private sector has a pivotal role to play in driving the Digital India
programme.
c. Bharatnet
(NOFN) events– During Digital India Week, Bharat Broadband Network Limited
(BBNL) organised events around Bharatnet (NOFN) at various locations in 13
states. The activities relating to e-Governance, e-Education, e-Health,
e-Commerce and e-Agriculture were organised where large number of students and
citizens participated.
d. Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited – launched a number of initiatives such as BSNL
Buzz and Speed Pay under Digital India program during the week. These
initiatives have been launched by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of
Communications and IT. Events and activities were also organized at
BSNL Centres across the country and where BSNL officers, stakeholders and
citizens were informed about Digital India and e-Services.
e. Centre
for Development of Telematics ( CDOT) – Hon’ble Minister of
Communications and IT, launched the following products as part of Digital India
programme.
· Solar
powered Wi Fi hot spots
· Long
Distance Wi Fi System
· Next
Generation Network in MTNL network
· 100
Gbps Optical Fibre Link System
f. Ministry
of Rural Development – Under the Digital India Initiatives Ministry of
Rural Development has launched a number of IT services, namely
· Launch
of mobile monitoring system (MMS) and distribution of 35,000 tablets in
identifying gram panchayats (2,500 blocks)
· Launch
of online learning portal (OLP) for MNREGA
g. Ministry
of Agriculture –NDDB has developed an application called “Pashu
Poshan” under Digital India. This application is to enable dairy farmers
balance the ration for their animals taking into account nutritional
requirements and locally available feed material to optimize the cost of
feeding.
· Newly
developed application of INAPH will be available on web as well as android
platform
· Framer
can access application by registration on INAPH Portal (http://inaph.nddb.coop)
· INAPH
currently covered over 40.87 lakh animals of over 20.23 lakh farmers across
more than 21690 villages
h. Ministry
of Labour and Employment –EPFO has launched following initiatives under
Digital India programme.
· Universal
Account Number (UAN) : 4.64 Crores UAN allocated
· Online
Inoperative Accounts Helpdesk
· Online
Transfer Claim Portal
· Electronic
Challan cum Return
· Helpdesk
for UAN to assist employers and employees with toll
free number 18001 18005
· Short
code SMS service for members who have activated their UAN number
whereby members can send an SMS from their registered mobile number to 7738299899
to receive PF information in 10 different Indian languages
i. Ministry
of Commerce & Industries – Ministry has launched the
following initiatives under Digital India program
· Information
on prices of Jhinga by using missed call/sms services
· M-agriculture
– launch of mobile app for water resource management
for Jhinga cultivation
· Portal
for online MPED registration for exporters
j. Ministry
of Panchayati Raj – Many panchayat departments, across
States/UTs initiated their Social Media pages.
4. Social
Media – An extensive Digital and Social Media campaign was conducted
during the Digital India Week so that netizens, in India and abroad can be made
aware of these programme. Hon’ble Prime Minister also initiated the Digital
Dialogue (#DigitalDialogue) on Twitter, which received very encouraging
response from technocrats and IT professionals. Some of the key highlights are
· DigitalDialogue
received 391 million impressions during period of 3 days (4th –
6th July, 2015)
· 1
Billion impressions on the day of National Event
· On
Facebook, 1 person joined every second with a total reach of 2.6 Million during
the week.
· On
Twitter 1 follower added every 4 seconds with 3.6 Million impressions during
the week......
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