The Digital India programme launched by Prime Minister Narendera Modi on July 1 has got encouraging response in Haryana.
While about 30,000 people have registered for digital lockers, 2,000 people, including 80 per cent women have registered under the National Digital literacy Mission. These females included Anganwari workers, Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers and students.
A spokesman of Haryana Government said that the launch of the Digital India programme was attended by a large number of Haryana functionaries including all Village level Entrepreneurs (VlEs) from various districts of Haryana.
There is special focus on registration of girls as it will empower them with technical education. Haryana Government plans to tap the momentum created by Digital India week to introduce and implement more e-Governance initiatives and to further the cause of digital empowerment of citizens.
He said that the Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to "transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy". This programme centres on three key vision areas of "Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen", "Governance and Services on Demand" and "Digital Empowerment of Citizens".
The Central Government had planned the launch of mega event of Digital India one from July 1 to 7 to create awareness and communication events were planned as part of Digital India week to effectively deliver the message of Digital India.
He said that Haryana participated enthusiastically from the inception of the programme. The State Government has already envisaged giving impetus to e-Govenance initiatives for effective and convenient delivery of public services. The State Government decided to celebrate Digital India Week with series of events. Meticulous planning was done and various day-wise events were planned, events were categorized into State level, district and village level events.
As part of Digital India week, Haryana planned various events such as participation in National Digital literacy Mission, launch of electricity bill collection, digital locker. Haryana, already a leading state in AADHAAR based attendance System decided to implement it across all Government departments' offices at district level and beyond, he added.
The spokesperson said, "Haryana has already launched AADHAAR linked birth registration, first of its kind initiative in the country. It was decided to highlight this to create further awareness to citizens across all cities and villages. As a result of the extensive campaigns and efforts of all stakeholders, especially Villager level Entrepreneur working on ground at village level, high excitement was seen and participation was seen from all strata's of society including students, women, field level workers including ANM workers, FPS owners, elective representatives, Government officials".