Digital LockerSystem

Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India Programme. Digital Locker
is aimed at minimizing the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents
across agencies. The sharing of the e-documents will be done through registered repositories
thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents online. Residents can also upload their
own electronic documents and digitally sign them using the e-sign facility. These digitally
signed documents can be shared with Government organizations or other entities.
The Digital Locker system has the following advantages:
a) Print anytime from anywhere All electronic documents will be in a printable
format enabling users to print anytime from anywhere. This will help users to access
the documents in case of any disaster or loss of documents.
b) Convenience No more long queues or procedures to get the documents.
c) Free of cost Digital Locker facility is provided to Indian Citizen free of costwhich
will enable its usage even by lower strata of society.
d) Shareable

Residents

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other

agencies/departments without having to share photocopies, scan copies, document

uploads etc. Sharing can easily be done even on featuredphones via SMS and text
based systems.
e) Verifiable Documents and certificates issued by Government can be verified online
which will stop the usage of fake documents/certificates.
f)

Secure - Only the owner has the right to see and share the documents as per his/her
requirement and convenience.

Few benefits envisaged by users are following:

a) Digital Locker system will speed up the process of application of certificates such as
Birth, Marriage and Domicile etc. The user agencies will be authorised to access the
documents by the owner of digital locker. Also, the local bodies issuing these
documents can push these certificates in digital form directly in the Digital Locker of
the individual which will eliminate the issueof fake documents. This will greatly
benefit the people who find it difficult to have proper storage of physical documents.
This will enhancethe safety of the documents during the National Disaster such as
floods, cyclones and fire etc.
b) Hassel free registration can be done for Sim Card, LPG connection and Driving
License etc.

MyGov Mobile App

MyGovMobile App is an innovative platform to build a partnership between Citizens and
Government with the help of technology for growth and development of India. Through this
platform, the Government aims to encourage Citizen Participation towards Good Governance
by seeking their ideas, suggestions and grass roots level contribution. Citizens can
participate in this unique initiative of nation building and for the very first time in the
history of this country, citizens from across India will come together to share their expert
thoughts, ideas and suggestions with the Government in areas related to various policies,
programs, schemes etc. MyGov will empower citizens to work hand in hand with the
Government.
Through this app, citizens can register on MyGov.in to participate in this initiative. On
successful registration and activation of user account, citizen can start participating in the
various groups and discussions.
Modes of participation:
The platform consists of various focus Groups where citizens can undertake tasks (both
online and on ground) as well as share their insights through various discussions related to
the particular Group.
Discussion - Citizens can join Discussions within Groups to share or express their views,
ideas, and thoughts with the help of pictures, videos, documents, etc. on policies as well as
on matters of national interest and collaborate on key areas of development and governance.
Some of the best ideas and suggestions will straight away reach the Hon'ble Prime Minister
of India.
Do (Tasks) - Citizens can volunteer for a task within a Group in the 'Do' section as per their
skills and interest areas. As of now there is a limit of 4 groups that a citizen can join. This is
to ensure there is meaningful & effective contribution from every citizen in the areas of
interest that they have indicated while registering.Successful completion of a task will
enable citizens to earn credit points and a chance to share their ideas with the Hon'ble
Prime Minister of India.

Swachh Bharat Mobile App

In linewith the vision of Swachh Bharat (Clean India) of the Honble Prime Minister of India
and to encourage more and more citizens to join the cause, Swachh Bharat (SB) Mobile app
has been developed. This mobile app will resolve the issues and challenges faced by citizens
and government organisations while taking Swachhata(cleanliness) pledge and uploading of
responses (images or videos) in Swachh Bharat campaign on MyGov.
The Swachh Bharat mobile app will take the
initiative to the far flung nooks and corners of the
country. With wide-spread participation that it will
bring along, the mobile app will add to the Clean
India campaign's success and effectiveness.
Some salient features of the mobile app are:
Home
Following features will be covered in the Dashboard:
SB Challenge by individuals: This section will
display Swachh Bharat challenges given/taken by
various individuals
SB Challenge by government organization: This
section will display Swachh Bharat challenges
given/taken by various by government organizations
SB activities @Social Media - This section will
display all the Swachh Bharat activities taking place
on the leading social media platforms like Facebook,
Twitter etc.
Take Pledge: This section will prompt the app user
to take the Swachh Bharat pledge, for those who
have already taken it will show the message I have taken the pledge.
Start the Challenge: Through this section, the app user can issue a Swachh Bharat
challenge to his/her friends

Challenge Invitations: Through this section, the app user can view all the Swachh Bharat
challenges issued and received
Challenge by Location: This section will have:
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Challenges by Location Challenges issued by the app user will be shown locationwise

Activities by Location All the Swachh Bharat activities that have happened till date
will be shown by locations. Indias map that can be zoomed in to search/locate the
location

Participants: This section will have all the participants of the Swachh Bharat challenge
issued by the user. With a search bar provided on the top of this section, the app user can
also search for the participants from his/her phone contact details
Submit activity: This section will allow the user to submit a Swachh Bharat activity with a
before and after image, a video (if required) along with the hours spent in doing that
cleanliness activity
My Account: This section will have the user profile and the option of logging out of the
mobile app
About: This section tells the user about the Swachh Bharat mobile app. This section also
consists of the privacy policy of the mobile app as well as the terms of use of the application
Benefits of the mobile app
The Swachh Bharat mobile app is not only going to popularize the Swachh Bharat initiative,
but will result in a greater outreach with more citizens participating while on the move. With
the mobile app, the cleanliness mission will get localized and will reach the remote corners
of the country. This mobile application will empower the common citizens and will make
them a significant stakeholder by remaining vigilant, thereby becoming a very important
partner in cleaning India.

eSign framework
eSign facilitates digitally signing a document by an Aadhaar holder using an Online Service.
eSign is designed for applying Digital Signature using authentication of signer through
Aadhaar e-KYC service. This is an integrated service which facilitates issuing a Digital
Signature Certificate and performing signing of requested data by authenticating the
Aadhaar holder. Aadhaar is mandatory for availing the eSign Service.
Benefits of eSign:
Easy and secure way to digitally sign information anywhere, anytime eSign is an
online service that offers the functionality to authenticate signers and perform the digital
signing of documents using Aadhaar e-KYC service to application service providers.
Hardware tokens are not required to be used.
Facilitates legally valid signatures eSign process involves consumer consent, Digital
Signature Certificate generation, Digital Signature creation & affixing and Digital Signature
Certificate acceptance inaccordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (IT)
Act, 2000. It enforces compliance, through API specification and licensing model of APIs.
Comprehensive digital audit trail - in-built to confirm the validity of transactions is also
preserved.
Flexible and easy to implement - eSign provides configurable authentication options in
line with Aadhaar e-KYC service and also records the Aadhaar number that is used to
verify the identity of the signer. The authentication options for eKYC include biometric
(fingerprint or iris scan) or OTP (through the registered mobile in the Aadhaar database).
eSign enables easy access to legally valid Digital Signature service to millions of Aadhaar
holders.
Respecting privacy - eSign ensures the privacy of the signer by requiring only the
thumbprint (hash) of the document be submitted for signature function instead of the
whole document.
Secure online service - eSign Service is governed by e-authentication guidelines. While

authentication of the signer is carried out using Aadhaar e-KYC services, the signature on
the document is carried out on a backend server of the e-Sign provider. eSign services are
offered by trusted third party service provider, currently Certifying Authorities (CA)
licensed under the IT Act. To enhance security and prevent misuse, Aadhaarholders
private keys are created on Hardware Security Module (HSM) and destroyed.

e-Hospital
Under Digital India programme of Government of India, Hospital Management system with a
citizen facing portal has been developed which provides a unified platform for hospitals and
citizens to avail healthcare services. This portal aims to:

provide a unified platform for citizens to avail healthcare services online

establish identity of patients through Aadhaar number

Benefits:

Saving of time and effort of citizens for availing healthcare services

Providing Health services at the door step of citizens

Providing Unique Health Identification (UHID) number for on-boarded hospitals using
Aadhaar

Facilitating hospitals for better patient management

Currently, patient portal for e-Hospital is implemented in 3 premier hospital in Delhi namely
AIIMS, RML & SIC and 1 hospital in Bangalore namely NIMHANS.
Citizens can avail following services:

Online Registration and appointment

Online payment of registration fee

View and print diagnostic reports online

Enquiring availability of blood online

National Scholarships Portal

There has been a need to establish a single portal for all the scholarship schemes of central
government to cover various categories of economically weaker students including those
belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minority Community and other disadvantaged categories. The
process of funds flow under these schemes has been reengineered for smoother and faster
transfer of funds from centre to the beneficiaries.
National Scholarship Portal is one such portal which is designed and developed with the
following distinctive features:

Common application form for all students

Unique login ID and password for all stakeholders

Release of scholarship to bank accounts of students through DBT

Generic in nature with built in configurability at every level of scholarship disbursement

process

Status update on the mobile at every step of disbursement process

Common MIS to track and monitor the process of selection by individual Ministries

Verification of genuineness of students

De duplication to ensure that only one scholarship is provided to a student

DIGITIZE INDIA PLATFORM (DIP)

The Government of India has undertaken an initiativefor large scale digitization of Records
in the country that would facilitate efficient delivery of services to the citizensand reduce
piles of papers in record rooms of offices of Government and non-Governmentorganizations.
It allows organizations not only to free their warehousing real estate but enables them to
keep their records in safer environment for longer duration.
The digitization of Records would aim the digitization of the Governments files and
documents which are shareable and useful to the common citizens through innovative
Crowd sourcing method where each citizen can participate in digitization.
Under Digital India programme,digitizing government records will be a stepping stone and
will play a critical role in archiving of files/ documents that can be retrieved in their original
form as and when required by the people/ Government.
Digitize India Platform leverages an innovative algorithm and technology to enable
digitization of any kind of record at reasonable price while keeping it safe and secure. Since
the platform uses crowd sourcing, it provides income generation opportunity for all by
facilitating people to work from home or any location as convenient to them. The algorithm
requires every word/phrase to be sent to two disconnected persons randomly selected. Each
one digitizes the word and submits. If the digitization by both persons matches they get
rewarded as per number of characters digitized. Based on words successfully digitized, user
keeps accumulating rewards and whenever he/she wishes, the amount can be credited into
their bank account directly.
Who can participate under DIP

All self-identified persons(Housewives, Students, Part Time Workers, Members from the
general public etc. ) can be a part of this digitization initiative:

Advantage to Citizen

Citizen can earn for every digitized character

Citizen can digitize data and earn even he/she is on movement as the digitization would
be available on mobile app, soon.

Bharatnet
Bharatnet is the worlds largest rural broadband connectivity project using optical fibre.It
would connect each of 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats with a minimum of 100 Mbps bandwidth.
This network will be supported by a High Capacity Network Management System and
Network Optical Centre.
Bharatnet will serve as the infrastructure backbone of Digital India, taking Internet and
telecommunication services to every nook and corner of the country. It will facilitate the
delivery of e-Governance, e-Health,e-Education, e-Banking, Internet and various other
services to rural India.

Next Generation Network (NGN)

Next Generation Network (NGN) is an IP based technology to manage all types of services
like voice, data, multimedia/ video and other types of packet switched communication
services.NGN is based on distributed architectures therefore it has the capability of
providing enhanced services.
NGN Technology will converge different networks, which includes Public Switched Telephone
Network (PSTN), Data Network (Internet) and Wireless Mobile network. Not only voice, this
will enable the data to travel to consumers which means both voice and high speed
broadband will be enabled.
There will be some never heard of value added services in landline telephone that are:
1. Wide area IP centix: This is a close user group(CUG) which is not only within his local
area, but also in entire country. Whichever part of the country a person resides in, he
will be able to make unlimited voice and video chat with an affordable fixed
rental/amount. The Centrix can be done without the telephone exchange/circle/state
boundaries. That means from Kashmir to Kanyakumari people can come under the CUG.
By paying a nominal monthly rental they can talk and video chat / conference among
themselves free of cost.
2. MMVC (Multimedia video conferencing):Any terminal, any access device can join a
conference. One customer using a SIP phone (session initiation protocol phone) can have
a conference with 30 people across the country. Soon it will become across the globe.A
SIP phone may be only a SIP phone or a Video SIP phone. People having
computer/laptop/tablet can use SIP phone by using the application in their system and
connecting SIP phone with it.
3. Fixed Mobile Convergence: The calls on your fixed line can get diverted to your mobile
phone (using 3-4 digit access code) and vice versa. That means if one has a fixed line at
office and home and a mobile phone, with the convergence, he/she will never miss any
call. All the phones will ring simultaneously and he/she can take the call from any
phone.
4. Fixed Line close to mobile (pre paid model in fixed line): All the facilities of mobile
phone will now be enabled on NGN technology using fixed line telephone. The prepaid
services can also be extended for other value added services i.e. MMVC, IP-Centrex &
FMC services.

BSNL WI-FI SERVICES

BSNL has undertaken large scale deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country and
roll out has started. Wi-Fi enables customer to access affordable, anywhere & anytime, high
speed broadband services while on the move. Wi-Fi Hotspots shall be useful for providing
wireless high speed internet to the tourists, students and general public.
As on date, BSNL has launched Wi-Fi services at 78 Hotspots over 17 locations across 6
cities.
BSNL has already provided Wi-Fi services at various important tourist places and prominent
cities like Varanasi ghats, TajMahal Agra, HussainSagar Lake Hyderabad, Bangalore,
Vijayawada and Bilaspur etc. About 2500 hotspots are planned to be set up by BSNL during
the year 2015-16.
BSNL has also started the work for providing Wi-Fi services at ASI Monuments like Sarnath,
FatehpurSikri, Konark Temple, Shore temple Mahabalipuram, Brihadeshwar Temple
Thanjavur, Hampi Karnataka, Khajuraho M.P, &PuriJagannath temple and other 14 tourist
spot locations.
Access of internet from Wi-fiHotspots by the visitor is in simple steps. Visitor can latch on
the BSNL wi-fi network through their mobile devices. SMS will be sent with user id and
password to the registered mobile number. The user can access the free wi-fi services
immediately.
BSNL is also planning to deploy 2G/3G mobile data Wi-Fi offload solution on Pan-India
basis.After off-loading of data traffic from mobile to Wi-Fi hot spot, mobile users continue to
consume their mobile data plan but for accessing internet they are automatically connected
through high capacity Bandwidth provided to Wi-Fi hot spot.Hence, Wi-Fi offload solution of
BSNL would enable a much better experience to mobile users for accessing internet through
their mobile devices.

Policy initiatives in the e- Governance domain

The e-Kranti Framework provides details on the e-Kranti framework that is an

integral part of the Digital India programme. With the vision of Transforming eGovernance for Transforming Governance, e-Kranti programme aims towards easy
governance, effective governance, good governance and mobile governance. It provides
the key principles for revamping the existing projects and also for new and ongoing eGovernance projects.

The Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software for Government of India will
encourage the formal adoption and use of Open Source Software (OSS) in Government
organizations. The compliance to this policy will ensure that strategic control of eGovernance assets would remain with the Government and would also ensure
business continuity for the projects in future from technical perspective.

The Framework for Adoption of Open Source Software in e-Governance Systems

suggests a set of recommendations and procedures for promoting, managing and
enhancing the adoption of OSS in e-Governance Systems in India. It highlights the
impact of adoption of OSS in Government, influencing factors, mutual impact of Open
Standards and OSS, establishing enterprise security with OSS, unified software
development for all major devices using standards based web browser and use of
localisation. The Framework suggests neutral guidelines to select software and the
process for induction of OSS solution. The ecosystem suggested to promote the
adoption of OSS describes required institutional mechanism, collaboration with key
stakeholders like industry, OSS communities, academia, collaborative mechanism,
offering of services based on OSS, provisioning of support services on OSS and
integration with on-going initiatives.

The Policy on Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for Government

of India sets out the Governments approach on the use of Open APIs to promote
software interoperability for all e-Governance applications & systems and provide
access to data & services for promoting participation of all stakeholders including
citizens. This policy initiative will encourage the formal use of Open APIs in
Government organizations. The world-wide initiatives on Open Government also
focus on open APIs to easily access the information collected by Government
organizations.

The E-mail Policy of Government of India lays down the guidelines with respect to
use of e-mail services by the Government departments and organizations. The policy

initiative aims to ensure secure access and usage of Government of India e-mail
services by its users and is applicable to all employees of Government of India (GoI)
and employees of those State/UT Governments that use the e-mail services of GoI.

The Policy on Use of IT Resources of Government of India provides the guidelines

to ensure proper access to and usage of Governments IT resources and prevent their
misuse by the users. The policy initiative covers all IT resources including desktop
devices, portable and mobile devices, networks including wireless networks, Internet
connectivity, external storage devices and peripherals like printers and scanners and
the software associated therewith.

The Policy on Collaborative Application Development by Opening the Source

Code of Government Applications intends to increase the pace of e-Governance
application development and rapid roll out/implementation by adopting an opensource based development model. The Government of India wants to promote re-use of
existing developed applications. By opening the source code, the Government wants
successful, scalable, high quality e-governance applications to be developed in a
collaborative manner. It also wants new applications to be developed to encourage
creativity both inside and outside the Government by encouraging collaborative
development between Government departments/agencies and private organizations,
citizens and developers to create innovative e-Governance applications and solutions.

The Application Development & Re-Engineering Guidelines for Cloud Ready

Applications aims to address one of the major concerns in the e-Governance domain
that is lack of process reengineering and leveraging of the latest emerging technology
i.e. Cloud. This guideline intends to ensure development of Common Application
Software (CAS) which can be configured as per different States / departments
requirements without the need of modifying the core code of the application for a
faster deployment so that time, effort and cost in developing applications are saved
and to avoid duplication of efforts. It is therefore imperative that applications are
developed in conformity to guidelines that makes them standardized and compatible
for hosting and running across states.

Electronics Development Fund (EDF) Policy

India is taking several initiatives to promote the electronics design and manufacturing in the
country. A major characteristic of this sector is high velocity of technological change.
Intellectual Property is possibly the most critical determinant of success for a technology
company.
Electronics Development Fund (EDF) Policy aims to promote Innovation, R&D, Product
Development and to create a resource pool of IP within the country. Theobjective of this
policyis to create a self-sustaining eco-system of Venture Funds that shall fill the gap
currently seen in the domains of Early Stage Angel Funding and Venture Funding in the
technology areas of Electronics, Nano-electronics and IT.
EDF Policy therefore enables creation of an ecosystem for providing risk capital to both
industry and academia to undertake research and development in these technology areas. It
will, in the process, enrich the intellectual property in the country and encourage more
entrepreneurs towards product and technology development.

National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE)

National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE) is an initiative of Government of India to
promote research and innovation in the area of Flexible Electronics.
Flexible electronics is an emerging area of electronics which is based on the monolithic
integration of electronic components on amorphous and often flexible substrates,
typically resulting in products that are large in size with length scales ranging from a few
centimeters as in sensors, to a few decimeters as in displays and lighting, to several meters
as in organic solar cell based panels.
Some Applications of Flexible Electronics

The electronics emerging from this technology can be fabricated on substrates that are
plastics, paper, textiles or metal foils. The products of flexible electronics are much more
affordable and if required, even disposable.They find applications in several sectors.
Distributed energy production through organic solar cells on windows and roofs,
disposable sensors or lab-on-a-chip for health monitoring, security packaging of
medicines to prevent circulation of fake drugs, wearable and lightweight electronics,
airport baggage handling, labeling of books in libraries or answer scripts in a large scale
examination, flexible displays and lighting are examples of few possible applications. The
examples span a large number of industrial sectors.

A National Centre of Excellence of this facility is being set up at Indian Institute of

Technology Kanpur with financial support of Department of Electronics & IT, Govt. of
India. The Centre will enable India do cutting edge research in this emerging area.
Industry participation and collaboration are integral to its functioning.

Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things(IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the emerging technological advancement in IT/ITeS sector
which is expected to swamp the connected digital world. Globally, IoT market is expected to
reach USD 300 billion by the year 2020. Indian IoT market is expected to reach USD 15
billion by the year 2020. The Centre of Excellence for IoT, a combined initiative of
Department of Electronics & IT, ERNET India and NASSCOM is expected to promote an IoT
ecosystem which is vibrant & innovative helping India attain a leadership role in this field.

Partners: Department of Electronics &IT(DeitY), Government of India, National Association

of

Software

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Services

Companies(NASSCOM)

and

Education

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Research

Network(ERNET) India
Location:Bengaluru, India

Objectives:

To create innovative applications and domain capability across verticals for countrys
needs such as Smart City, Smart Health, Smart Manufacturing, Smart Agriculture,
etc.

To build industry capable talent, start-up community and entrepreneurial ecosystem

for IoT

To provide an ecosystem for innovation to thrive and embrace entrepreneurship

To energise Research mind-set and reduce costs in Research and Development by

providing neutral and interoperable, multi-technology stack laboratory facilities

To reduce import dependency on IoT components and promote indigenization

To position India as a provider of end-to-end solution in Engineering space

To provide environment for product Creation, Testing and also for Validation &
Incubation