– Digitize India Platform for large-scale digitization of records in the country to facilitate efficient delivery of services to the citizens.
– Bharat Net programe as a high-speed digital highway to connect all 250,000 gram panchayats of country — the world’s largest rural broadband project using optical fibre.
– BSNL’s Next Generation Network to replace 30-year old telephone exchanges to manage all types of services like voice, data, multimedia and other types of communication services.
– BSNL’s large scale deployment of wi-fi hotspots throughout the country.
– “Broadband Highways’ as one of the pillars of Digital India to address the connectivity issue while enabling and providing technologies to facilitate delivery of services to citizens.
– Outsourcing Policy to create such centres in different northeastern states and in smaller towns across the country.
– Electronics Development Fund to promote innovation, research and product development to create a resource pool within the country as also a self-sustaining eco-system of venture funds.
– National Centre for Flexible Electronics to promote research and innovation in the emerging area of flexible electronics.
– Centre of Excellence on Internet on Things (IoT) as a joint initiative of the government agencies and private institutions such as Nasscom.
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