PM Narendra Modi launched the Digital India week in Delhi yesterday, wherein schemes worth Rs 1 lakh crore were unveiled, to be implemented by the Ministry of Communications and IT. The program spoke at length about investments in India and digitisation of multiple government services. However, conspicuously absent was any reference to the net neutrality debate or an open internet in the midst of digitising its services. Note that in February this year, the Minister of IT and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the ministry had approved projects worth Rs 6,000 crore under the ‘Make in India’ program. Here’s a list of services under the program: Digital Locker: Where users can make any government applications online, store all documents online and e-signatures in the app. E-sign: The e-sign framework will allow users to sign documents digitally using Aadhaar as an identification point for the documents. Online Registration System: The ORS had been introduced under the eHospital application to provide online registration, fee payments, appointments, online diagnostics reports and blood availability enquiry among others. National scholarship portal: This service, the government claims, will process scholarships end to end including application submission, verification, sanction and scholarship disbursal for all government scholarships. Digitize India Platform: A DeitY initiative where the government will digitize records on a large scale to facilitate delivery of services. Bharat Net: Formerly known as the National Optic Fiber Network (NOFN), this initiative will connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats in India. This will be in 10 states including Maharashtra,…
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