DIGITAL DIARY // FIS
DIGITAL INDIA: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES In the journey towards ‘Digital India’, the Government is attempting a transition from closed, top-down, bureaucratic, and paper-based transactional models towards online, integrated digital offerings that encourage a new kind of interaction between citizens and the state. UPKAR SINGH,
Director Information Technology, FIS
“Positive citizen perceptions around access to government through both traditional and digital channels provide an excellent and distinguish starting point for governments.”
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he Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Govt. of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. In the journey towards ‘Digital India’, the Govt. is attempting a transition from closed, top-down, bureaucratic, and paper-based transactional models towards online, integrated digital offerings that encourage a new kind of interaction between citizens and the state. DIGITAL India may also be re-defined as the DIGnity and vITALity of India. The OPPORTUNITIES of DIGITAL INDIA in word-form of DIGITAL... [D]istinguish [I]ntegrated [G]lobal [I]ntegral [T]ransparency [A]ccessibility [L]ucrative [D]istinguish Positive citizen perceptions around access to government through both traditional and digital channels provide an excellent and distinguish starting point for governments. Governments
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