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Digital Era - 2020

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  The vision of Digital India is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and empower every citizen with relevant knowledge. Major Initiative from Government is  1. GeM - Government e Portal 2. UMANG - App for various government services 3. RAIS - Global Summit on Artificial Intalengance (AI) in Oct 4. Digi Locker 5.  Aargya Setu App GeM - Earlier government procurement was done through the DGSND rate contract which was done every year and transparency was not there. Now the Government has introduced an online portal similar to other consumer portal like Amazon or Flipkart for government procurements . All vendors can register in that portal and as per the specification government will call for online tender where they will get the lowest price and from authorized vendors by the manufacturer. This process has reduced corruption and brought more transparency to the system UMANG - For any Government services we need to physically go to the department and give...

Cashless Economy - New India

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  Digital India campaign was launched by the government 5 years before, now that is the need of the decade. When this initiative was launched it was majorly a transformation from the traditional payment by cash to an electronic way of payment and making the majority of the government-related payment and transaction through an electronic method,  not only payment even other services by the government like citizen taxes, certificates, etc. Now after the pandemic, the vision of government is moving closer to reality. Now the economy is moving to a cashless mode of payment in the majority of their daily transactions. Government initiative for cashless or paperless was Rupay and Unified Payment Interface( UPI ). Both were an ingenious and simple payment mode for the common man. The main requirement for a cashless economy is broadband connectivity and smartphone reach to all parts of India. This initiative has made the economy more transparent and less corrupt .  This will r...