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OVERVIEW

The Modi government has shown bridging the urban-rural divide. With introduction of Direct Benefits
an unwavering commitment the recent launch of 5G services, Transfer and Aadhar authentication
to use technology for inclusive the country will witness the next in various welfare schemes have led
development and to promote ease wave of digital transformation to the elimination of lakhs of ghost
of living. The government is working and connectivity. Under the Bharat beneficiaries, enormous savings for
at democratising technology and Net project, more than 70% of the the government, and timely delivery
bringing rapid digitalisation of 250,000 Gram Panchayats in the of benefits to citizens. Between 2015
governance. country have already been provided and 2022, the government saved
with Broadband connectivity. more than Rs. 2.73 lakh crore due to
A remarkable success story is the distribution of benefits through
evident in the popular adoption of Technology adoption by the DBT.
digital payments in the country. In government over the last nine years
January of 2023, about 8 billion (800 has ensured a remarkable increase Even public procurement, a common
crore) transactions worth 200 billion in transparency in governance. avenue for bureaucratic corruption
$ (Rs. 2 lakh crores approximately) Today, all government programmes earlier, has now become digital as
were carried out on the United have a digital dashboard that the Government e-Marketplace
Payment Interface. India’s digital provides all details of beneficiaries. (GeM) portal is being utilized by
payment system has been linked to Digital delivery of public services government departments and
various countries globally. Aadhaar is eliminating corruption and PSUs for their procurement. The
e-KYC services also continue to promoting ease of living. Digital portal is successfully eliminating
play a stellar role for banking and delivery of vaccines through the corruption and streamlining public
non-banking financial services by CoWIN platform allowed India to procurement in the country.
providing transparent and improved ensure equity and accessibility in In the last 9 nine years, India’s
customer experience, and helping in vaccine distribution. Other countries space programme has grown from
ease of doing business. India today are now looking towards India for strength to strength. While its
has amongst the highest fintech providing technology solutions such various Missions are talked about
adoption rates in the world. as the CoWIN platform. widely with the recent launch of
Vikram-S, India’s first-ever private
In the last nine years, there has The Modi government has launch vehicle, India is now ready
been a meteoric rise in mobile effectively deployed technology to enter a new decade of further
ownership across India. The sharp and digital tools for ensuring innovation, and advancement in this
decline in the cost of data has led transparency and plugging leakages sector.
to deep penetration of the internet, in governance. For example, the
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