Digital India

"Digital India": Akhilesh Yadav's Dig At PM Over Voting Machine Glitch

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Opposition leaders from several parts of the country raised concerns about faulty Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs as polling for the third and larges phase of the Lok Sabha election started today. By mid-day, complaints about faulty machines came from Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Kerala and Assam.

BJP Website Was Hacked for a Few Minutes, Says IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The BJP website has remained under "maintenance" mode for more than a week now.

CBSE Bags Digital India Award For 'Exemplary Online Service'

Education | NDTV Education Team | Friday February 22, 2019

The Board has been awarded for the digital initiatives it has undertaken recently.

Now Watch Highlights Of Republic Day Parade With "RDP India" App

India News | ANI | Monday January 28, 2019

In sync with the Digital India campaign of the central government, the Ministry of Defence has launched a mobile app ''RDP India 2019'', to let people watch the highlights of the Republic Day event.

Railways Parking, Catering Contracts Go Online To Eliminate Alleged Mafia

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday December 31, 2018

In a major policy shift, bidding for parking, catering and parcel-leasing - worth about Rs 3,000 crore a year -- will be awarded through an e-tendering process as the Indian Railways has decided to do away with paper-based traditional tendering methods

Missed Industrial Revolution, Don't Want To Miss Digital One: Minister

India News | ANI | Sunday December 16, 2018

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday that the 'Digital India' programme was politics-neutral, centre-state-neutral and ideology-neutral, while adding that the country is marching towards becoming a trillion dollar digital economy in the next two to three years due to a large-scale adoption of digital technology.

PM Modi Backing RuPay Citing "Nationalism", Mastercard Complained: Report

Business | Thomson Reuters | Friday November 2, 2018

The world's second-largest payments processor Mastercard told the US government in June that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using nationalism to promote the use of domestic payments network RuPay.

IMC 2018: High Levies on Telecom Contradict PM's Vision of Digital India, Says Sunil Mittal

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 26, 2018

Mittal, however, also said that the recently released National Digital Communications Policy focuses on the concerns of the industry.

High Levies On Telecom Contradict PM's Digital India Vision: Sunil Mittal

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 26, 2018

The high rate of GST and spectrum prices in the telecom sector go against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a digitally-empowered India, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said today. Telecom is also among the most-taxed sectors globally, he said, addressing the inaugural session of the India Mobile Congress 2018. "I cannot see how t...

Digital Documents Now Valid. Here's All You Need To Know About DigiLocker

India News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Saturday August 11, 2018

The government, on Thursday, issued an advisory to all states to accept documents in electronic form. With the idea of paperless governance, and an aim to make life simpler for citizens, the government announced that documents such as driving license, car registration, voter ID, PAN card, school and college certificates, and many other documents is...

National Digital Library To Collaborate With Top Digital Libraries Of World

Education | NDTV Education Team | Friday August 3, 2018

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is all set to collaborate with several top digital libraries form across the world.

Central Public Works Department To Go For Complete Digitisation

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 22, 2018

The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is set to undergo a mega restructuring exercise in which it will have digital systems to monitor projects real-time and assess performance of staff online.

Aadhaar Data Cannot Be Hacked Even After Trying A Billion Times: Minister

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday July 15, 2018

The biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times, Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Sunday, while calling the data storage system "completely safe and secure".

'Digital India' Eliminated Middlemen, Empowered Citizens: PM Modi

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 15, 2018

"We launched Digital India with a very simple focus -- to ensure more people can benefit from the joys of technology, especially in rural areas," PM Modi said.

PM Modi To Interact With Farmers Across India Over Video Call On June 20

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 15, 2018

Continuing his drive to directly connect with the beneficiaries of his government's pet schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he will on June 20 speak to farmers on issues concerning them and the agriculture sector.