Digital India has helped ease access to services for millions of people: Jitendra Singh
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Highlighting several successful initiatives taken by government, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the 21st century Digital revolution. The Minister also said that India has emerged as a data powerhouse in the World and it is taking all steps under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for data protection through legislative and other measures.
Jitendra Singh further said that Digital India has helped ease access to services for millions of people, particularly the poor and needy in the country and noted that whether it's issuance of Aadhar card, driving licence, birth certificate or payment of electricity bill, water bill, or income tax return, these can now be processed via Digital India platform faster & easily and even in villages, these things are being done through Common Service Centres.
Besides, Singh said that several successful initiatives have been brought about by Governments in making services faceless, paperless and cashless through electronic service delivery and subsidy disbursement using Aadhar enabled DBT, PDS, MGNREGA, LPG and Pensions are well recognized success stories. The Minister recognized 26 successful initiatives in the areas of excellence in e-Governance and underlined that it is also important to establish benchmarks and undertake independent assessments as we move forward in improving Digital Governance models.
