Digital India- the Great Dream

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to understand various portals and mobile Apps available for the empowerment of rural folk in India. Digital India programme envisages a digital empowering of the citizens of India i.e. making them digitally literate so that they are enabled to seek better livelihood opportunities and become economically secure. The central and state governments, along with several private agencies are engaged in the digital empowerment of deprived groups. This article begins with the view of the government of India in digital transformation. The next section describes the unique methodology adopted for this study. The section that follows introduces some web portals and mobile applications designed and developed for the benefit of farmers, fishers and the tribes and for the general public and given thereafter is the conclusion.

Keywords: Digital India, ICT4D, Rural Development, Rural Information System, Digital Literacy