PM Narendra Modi inaugurate Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar

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Digital India Week 2022 inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on 4 July.

• During the programme, several digital initiatives were launched by the Prime Minister with an aim to streamline service delivery to increase access to technology, make life easier and promote startups.

• The State Information Technology Department (IT) is organizing this event to mark the completion of seven years of Digital India.

• Theme of Digital India Week - New India Technology Inspiration

• PM also announced the first cohort of 30 Institutions to be supported under the Chips to Startup Programme. 

• Objective of the program

• Enhancing technology penetration, streamlining service delivery systems to ease lifestyles and promoting startups.

• ‘Digital India Bhashini’

• On this occasion, 'Digital India Bhashini' was unveiled by the Prime Minister.

• This will enable easy access to the Internet and digital services in Indian languages, including voice-based access, and help in content creation in Indian languages.

• ‘Digital India GENESIS’

• PM also launched ‘Digital India GENESIS’. 

• It is a national deep-tech startup platform that will explore, support, develop and build successful startups in Tier-II and Tier-III cities in India.

• A total outlay of Rs 750 crore is envisaged for this scheme.

• 'Indiastack.global’

• PM also launched 'Indiastack.global’.

• It is a global repository of key projects implemented under India Stack like Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, Coin Vaccination Platform and Government e-Marketplace.

• This offering from India for the Global Public Digital Goods Repository will help position India as a leader in building population-scale digital transformation projects.

• It will also prove to be of great help to other countries that are looking for such technological solutions.

• ‘MyScheme’

• The Prime Minister dedicated the citizens ‘MyScheme’.

• It is a service discovery platform facilitating access to Government Schemes.

• It aims to offer a one-stop search and discovery portal where users can find the plans they are eligible for.

• ‘Meri Pehchaan’

• The PM also dedicated the citizens ‘Meri Pehchaan’-  National Single Sign On for One Citizen Login.

• National Single Sign-On is a user authentication service in which a set of credentials provides access to multiple online applications or services.

• About Digital India Programme

• It was launched on July 1, 2015.

• Its vision is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

• Its aims are-

1. creating digital infrastructure,

2. delivering services digitally 

3. making people digitally literate