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Digital India

Online infrastructure in India Digital IndiaMottoPower To EmpowerCountryIndiaMinistryMinistry of Electronics and Information TechnologyMinistry of FinanceKey peopleAshwini VaishnawRajeev ChandrasekharLaunched1 July 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-01)StatusActiveWebsitedigitalindia.gov.in Digital India is a government of India programme that aims to deliver government services electronically, expand broadband connectivity to rural India, improve citizens' digital literacy, and expand digital inclusion. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched it on 01 July 2015; the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) primarily administers it, working alongside related programmes such as Bharat Broadband Network, Make in India, and Atmanirbhar Bharat. The programme is organised around three pillars: digital infrastructure as a utility available to every citizen, governance and on-demand services, and digital empowerment. Independent assessments after a decade of launch credit it with building one of the world's largest "digital public infrastructure"—Aadhaar, the Unified Payments Interface, and several other platforms. Gaps in rural access, gender parity, data protection, an