15 takeaways from PM Modi's 'Digital India' push

Apart from launching an e-Hospital system to streamline important healthcare services, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various frameworks to digitise and manage identification procedures making citizens's interaction with the government much simpler.

Apart from launching an e-Hospital system to streamline important healthcare services, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various frameworks to digitise and manage identification procedures making citizens's interaction with the government much simpler.

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Here is a list of 15 key takeaways from the 'Digital India' initiative.

-> Digital locker system to minimise the usage of physical documents and enable their e-sharing through registered repositories.

-> MyGov.in as an an online platform to engage citizens in governance through a "Discuss, Do and Disseminate" approach.

-> Swachh Bharat Mission Mobile app to achieve the goals set by the mission.

-> e-Sign framework which will allow citizens add their digital signatures to documents online using Aadhaar.

-> e-Hospital system for important healthcare services such as online registration, fixing doctors' appointments, online diagnostics, fee payment and checking blood availability online.

-> National Scholarship Portal for beneficiaries, which will include everything from submission of application to verification, sanctions and disbursal.

-> Digitise India Platform for large-scale digitisation of records across the country to facilitate efficient delivery of services to the citizens.

-> Bharat Net programe as a high-speed digital highway to connect all 250,000 gram panchayats of country -- the world's largest rural broadband project using optical fibre.

-> BSNL's Next Generation Network to replace the 30-year old telephone exchanges to manage all types of services like voice, data, multimedia and other types of communication services.

-> BSNL's large scale deployment of wi-fi hotspots throughout the country.

-> "Broadband Highways' as one of the pillars of Digital India to address the connectivity issues while enabling and providing technologies facilitating delivery of services to citizens.

-> Outsourcing Policy to create such centres in different northeastern states and in smaller towns across the country.

-> Electronics Development Fund to promote innovation, research and product development to create a resource pool within the country and also a self-sustaining eco-system of venture funds.

-> National Centre for Flexible Electronics to promote research and innovation in the emerging area of flexible electronics.

-> Centre of Excellence on Internet on Things (IoT), as a joint initiative of the government agencies and private institutions such as Nasscom.

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