Digital India is Sadhana of Atmanirbhar Bharat and slogan for stronger India in 21st century: PM Modi
New Delhi, July 01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that six years of Digital India programme marks rapid strides that the country has taken in adoption of technology. Mr Modi said, during the last six years, peoples’ lives have been transformed with Digital India. Addressing a function to mark six years of the government’s flagship programme- Digital India, he said, the vision of minimum government and maximum governance will be fulfilled with help of Digital India.
Mr. Modi said, Digital India is the Sadhana of Atmanirbhar Bharat and is the slogan for becoming a stronger India in the 21st century.
The Prime Minister said, Digi Locker is a good example of how effective Digital India has been. Now, all important documents including school and college documents, Aadhaar, PAN and Voter ID card can now be stored easily and securely in DigiLocker.
He said that Digital India has played a key role in providing health care facilities different parts of the country as platforms developed for online education to medicine is benefiting crores of Indians. Mr. Modi added that be it driving license, birth certificate, paying electricity and water bill, filing income tax return and other works have now become very easy and fast.
Talking about the benefits of digital india during COVID, the Prime Minister said, people from remote areas are getting benefits of e Sanjeevani especially during the pandemic. He added, Digital India and CoWIN is helping the country during vaccination. CoWin has also attracted interest from several countries across the globe.
Saying that Digital India Mission has given more focus on the scale and speed of infrastructure development, he said, around 2.5 lakh Common Service Centres in villages are working. He said, with the help of Digital India, the concept of ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ is being made implemented.
The Prime Minister also interacted with beneficiaries of various schemes of Digital India via video conferencing. While interacting with the Prime Minister, Suhani Sahu from Uttar Pradesh shared the benefits of DIKSHA scheme.
Prahlad Borgdad Bingoli from Maharashtra shared how eNAM is helping farmers to get fair prices for their crops. He added that even during COVID-19, the farmers faced no trouble in selling their produce.
Shubham Kumar and his grandmother Kanti Devi from East Champaran said that they have highly benefitted from the e-Sanjeevani because they are able to interact with doctors and get their advice virtually.
Bhupendra Singh, one of the doctors serving people through e-Sanjeevani said, he is happy to serve patients while avoiding the risk of COVID-19.
A farmer from Dharampur in Himachal Pradesh, Mehar Dutt Sharma said that Grameen eStore has helped a lot during lockdown when people were facing trouble buying essential items.
During the interaction, Anupama Dubey from Varanasi said, through DigiBunai she has become Aatma Nirbharta by learning how to embrace technology with traditional art.
A Street Vendor from Ujjain, Najmeen Shah talked about the benefited through PM-SVANidhi to start her own business during COVID.
AIR correspondent reports, Digital India was launched in July 2015 and it has turned out to be one of the biggest success story of New India. It has enabled services, brought government closer to citizens, promoted citizen engagement and empowered people.
The Digital India journey in the past six years has centred around empowerment, inclusion, and digital transformation.