DIGITAL INDIA’ MISSION; A CONSTITUENT TO E-DEMOCRACY IN INDIA
Reghunath V| Journal Title | : | Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research |
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| DOI | : | - |
| Page No | : | 01-09 |
| Volume | : | 4 |
| Issue | : | 1 |
| Month/Year | : | 0/2018 |
Keywords
e- Democracy, Digital India, e-Governance, Digital Democracy, Information and Communication Technology, Common Service Centres.
Abstract
The present-day digital revolution in India allowsits citizen to participate in Democraticactivities more efficiently than ever. Therationalestablishment of Information and Communication Technology has made Indiaa destination for major Cyber activities in the World. It is, therefore, argued that Digital technology can now help India to realize the ambition of creating an e- Democracy here. The ‘Digital India’ campaign in the direction to making India a Digital hub of the World began in July 2015 with some well-directed programs. Those programs could bring some incredible changes too in the information infrastructure of the Country. The major barrierto the development of India into an e-Democracy was the urban and rural divide in terms of information,that existed in India up to recent times. The 4 lakhkilometrefiber optics network that has been laid downas part of the Digital India program across the Countrycould eliminate thisdivide to a great extent by providing high-speed internet facilities to both rural and urban India.The establishment of Common Service Centres (CSC) and the conversion of Post offices into multi-servicecentres also helped the Country to bridge the digital divide that existed among citizens.The open data platform (http://data.gov.in) facilitates the proactive release of datasets in an open format by the ministries or Departments for use, reuse, and re-distribution for the public and academiabecoming an outstanding method for acquiring transparency in governance. MyGov.in is a platform for citizen engagement in governance. Some other tools like online messaging through SMS and email are also employed for enhanced citizen participation.This study found that India the largest Democracy in the World is aspiring to acquire the position of an accepted Digital Democracy or e- Democracy in the present World scenario.