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Fold Broucher A4 English For Fold Broucher a4 size 210x297mm ONE YEAR OF ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS SMS TO 166 DELIVERED Department of Electronics & Information Technology DIGITAL INDIA Department of Telecommunications Department of Posts e-Basta • The framework strengthens the capacity building Promotion of Domestic Cyber Security IT Promotion & • An initiative called “e-Basta”, to make school books scheme to identify and define competencies required accessible in digital form as e-books to be read on for different job roles under e-Governance. Electronic Manufacturing E-Infrastructure Department of Electronics and • Hon’ble Prime Minister stressed the need to focus on tablets and laptops, is developed. Information Technology Cyber Security in NASSCOM conference. • Electronic Development Fund Policy has been • Foundation stone for STPI’s new Incubation Facility at Ranchi and Patna has been laid. notified to support R&D, Innovation and IP Generation SCHEMES in Electronics, IT and Nano Electronics. • The Government has taken an initiative to frame draft POLICIES e-Kranti Internet of Things policy for India which is envisioned to • Two electronic manufacturing clusters (EMCs) develop connected and smart IoT based systems. Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software • Aims to utilize emerging technologies such as cloud developed in Jabalpur & Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, at a • The policy encourages the formal adoption and use of and mobile platform. Open Source Software in Government Organizations. cost of `84.17 crore. Foundation stone laid by Shri Ravi and 88 lakh mobile numbers. 87 mailer campaigns • Focuses on common applications, integration of Digital India • It also encourages comparison of Open Source Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister, Communications & IT, carried out so far. services, standards and interoperability. th Software and Closed Source Software on various on 6 October, 2014. • Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen. Rural BPO Scheme Research and Development • 10 crore mailers have been sent on various occasions till grounds while implementing e-Governance. Capacity Building Scheme II (CB Scheme II) • Governance and Services on Demand. date. • Three Incubators for electronics start-ups approved • To promote digital inclusion over the entire country a (R&D) Policy on Collaborative Application Development • The objective of the CB Scheme Phase II is to provide at Delhi University, IIT Patna and Kochi, which will • Digital Empowerment of Citizens. Jeevan Pramaan new policy of opening BPO call centres in small, mufassil R&D in IT • Policy on Collaborative Application Development by professional resources and training to political and incubate minimum 135 start-up companies. • DeitY's Cyber Security programme is aimed at building • Designed to build holistic capabilities across • Jeevan Pramaan is an Aadhaar-based Digital Life Opening the Source Code of Government Applications policy level decision makers for all States/UTs/ Central towns of the country has been approved. a secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, • The Cabinet approved the ‘National Supercomputing ` infrastructure, manufacturing, skills and delivery Certificate for pensioners. has been approved. Line Ministries to build the in-house capacity for • National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlex) businesses and Government, by way of actions to Mission (NSM)’ with an outlay of 4,500 crore over a • This will generate employment in far flung areas of the period of seven years to be jointly implemented by platforms which in turn will lead to creation of a • Over 1.75 lakh pensioners have enrolled their life implementation of various e-Governance initiatives. at IIT Kanpur is being approved at an estimated cost of protect information and information infrastructure in eSign Framework country, as well as develop an ecosystem, computer self-reliant knowledge economy. certificates on the portal within 6 months. `132.99 crore. cyberspace. DeitY and DST. This will enable India to leapfrog into the training, digital literacy and overall digital league of world class high performance computing • This facility has been extended to pensioners of • It allows citizens to digitally sign a document online Good Governance and Best Practices • The initiatives are focused on issues such as cyber using Aadhaar authentication. • Inverted duty structure rationalized for various empowerment. power nations. Defence, EPFO and several state governments also. • The scheme has been initiated to promote ICT-enabled security threat perceptions, threats to critical Pro-People IT Initiatives electronic products including laptops, mobile phones, information infrastructure and national security etc. • Two new centres of SAMEER are being set up, one on E-mail Policy good governance in the country. medical electronics devices, etc. electromagnetic interference at Vishakhapatnam and • E-mail Policy has been notified with the objective of • Under this scheme, DeitY has finalized a scheme to PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS another on high power microwave components at ensuring secure access to and usage of Govt. of India promote e-Governance in the country. • Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme Promotion of Indian Guwahati to meet the requirements of both strategic MyGov.in e-mail services by its users. (M-SIPS) provides financial incentives attracting Languages and civilian applications. • MyGov.in has been implemented as a platform for • 10 lakh employees have already been covered in Phase 1. investments. Human Resource citizen engagement in governance. Updated Indian Language Toolkit CD for R&D in Electronics Policy on Use of IT Resources • 63 proposals worth `20,825 crore received. Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 11.04 • The citizens participate in policy and execution through OTHER INITIATIVES Development • Technological support to farmers a “Discuss”, “Do” and “Disseminate” approach. • The policy ensures proper access and usage of IT • 40 proposals worth `9,565 crore approved. • Software toolkit containing fonts and tools for • Web enabled agricultural information access in 7 local resources. • National Information Infrastructure (NII) • 33 groups, 182 discussion themes, 166 tasks have been • A Skill Development Scheme for the electronics sector languages Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Minister, Communications & IT, proposes to integrate various ICT infrastructure created information processing in 22 scheduled Indian published. • Safety Standards: To curb import of sub-standard and for training 3.28 lakh persons has been approved. at the launch of ‘Jeevan Pramaan’ (Aadhaar based Life Certificate) The ‘e-Governance Competency Framework across all the states namely SDCs, SWAN, NKN, languages on computers. • Digital Image Processing applications in Tasar unsafe electronics goods, mandatory compliance to Digital Locker System (e-GCF)’ NICNET, SSDG including Bharat Net (presently under • A Visvesvaraya Ph.D Scheme for increasing the number Sericulture Aadhaar-Enabled Biometric Attendance System safety standards has been notified for identified • So far there have been over 12 lakh shipments and 1.25 • A ‘Digital Locker System’ to serve as a platform to • The e-GCF toolkit contains a set of end-user knowledge implementation by DoT). of Ph.Ds in Electronics & IT was started in 2014-15 to • Sensing system for taste characterization of food and electronic products. crore downloads. enable citizens to securely store and share their • Biometric Attendance System (BAS) rolled out in 579 areas required for government employees. support full time and part-time Ph.D students across agro produce • Proposal to set up Wi-Fi connectivity in Allahabad documents with service providers who can directly Central Government offices in Delhi with 1.22 lakh universities in India. Best Practices for Localization of Mobile web • GIS based decision support system for tea gardens access them electronically. employees. University has been approved as Proof-of-Concept applications in Indian Languages • A scheme for setting up of 7 new regional Electronics and further action is being taken for execution of this • Electronic Nose for monitoring of industrial obnoxious • Beta version launched in February, 2015. • BAS rolled out in 1,365 Central Government and IT Academies across the country to improve organizations outside Delhi involving nearly 95,000 project. • A set of guidelines were formulated as best practices to odorous constituents from pulp and paper industries. • Over 1 lakh Digital Lockers have already been opened. quality of graduate education has been approved. employees. • The First Women Village Level Entrepreneur Digital Inclusion: BPO help developers to localize their software products / • Pilot demonstration of E-waste Recycling Facility for National Scholarship Portal th services on mobiles in Indian languages. • A scheme to provide Digital Literacy (DISHA) for 42.5 e-Hospital- OPD Registration Framework (ORF) Conference held on 10 March 2015, around the idea recovery of precious metals from PCB initiated. Schemes lakh persons at an estimated cost of `380 crore has also • A National Scholarship Portal where students can apply of ensuring women are at the forefront of “Digital • It is an initiative to facilitate the patients to take online • The details are available at http://egovstandards.gov.in/ e-Learning to centrally funded schemes covering all activities from North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) been approved. This scheme targets ASHA and OPD appointments with Government hospitals. India”. Women VLEs would
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