• Dr. S. K. Agarwal
• Anuradha Sharma

Development of ICT has led to the transformation of how government functions and provides its services to its citizens. In most of the developed countries e-governance has been implemented and exclusively used. In the light of this, Central Government of India has come up with a very ambitious programme “Digital India” with a tag line, “A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”; which aims at transparent governance, saving time in providing services to its citizens, reduction in corruption, convenience, empowering citizens and economic growth. It is a dream project of the Indian Government to remodel India into a knowledgeable economy and digitally empowered society, to ensure that government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing internet connectivity. There are many problems in the way of its successful implementation like- digital literacy, poor infrastructure, low internet speed, lack of co-ordination among various departments, issue pertaining to taxation etc. These challenges need to be addressed in order to realize the global as well as domestic challenges that might hinder the successful implementation of the program and suggest some feasible remedies to deal with the same. The paper also highlights the opportunities that would pave the path for achieving the program’s aim of making India the preferred choice for digital activities by both global and domestic investors and how far the ‘Digital India’ model can prove to be an attraction for the investors in the sectors which are yet to achieve their full potential in India.

Digital India, e-governance, Digital empowerment, Government projects, Digital Infrastructure

"Digital India Programme – Issues & Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.8-14, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V02.pdf

"Digital India Programme – Issues & Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp8-14, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906V02.pdf