Lok Sabha Question No. 592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Paperless Sarkar
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY, ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.592

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.12.2015

## PAPERLESS SARKAR

## 592 SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH :

Will the Minister of Communications & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether  huge  investments  have  been  promised  on  the  occasion  of  launching  of  the  Digital  India Week and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether India has been digital for quite a while now and the National Informatics  Centre was set up long back and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Digital India initiative will lead to digital lockers for documents and e-signatures for dayto-day Government activities and revolutionise India to a 'paperless sarkar'; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  synchronize  make  in  India  project  and  Digital  India Campaign to achieve 'Net Zero Imports' in Electronics Manufacturing and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a):  During  the  launch  of  Digital  India  Week,  investment  assurances  of  above  Rs.4.5  lakh  crores  were given by some of the major industrial houses. These investments are expected to generate over 18 lakh jobs.
- (b):  National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC),  an  attached  office  of  the  Department  of  Electronics  and Information  Technology  (DeitY),  is  a  premier  organization  providing  e-Governance  Information  and Communications  Technology  (ICT)  Infrastructure,  applications  and  services  for  the  delivery  of  citizen centric services. NIC has set up ICT infrastructure at Centre, State and District level to enable delivery of e-Governance services. Several e-Governance software applications have been developed and rolled out by  NIC.  One  of  the  major  responsibilities  of  NIC  is  to  keep  strategic  control  of  these  e-Governance applications on behalf of the government.
- (c):  Targeted towards the idea of paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform designed for issuance and verification of documents & certificates in a digital way. DigiLocker account holder gets a dedicated cloud storage space. Registered Organizations  can push electronic copies of documents and certificates into citizens' lockers. Citizens can also upload their legacy documents.  Further, Digital signatures have been  integrated  in  a  number  of  applications;  some  of  which  are  -  e-filing  of  statutory  returns,  importexport processing, e-procurement, e-ticketing by Railway agents and electronic funds transfer. The e-sign
- initiative has been designed for obtaining a Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) wherein submission of

documents in physical form is not required. (d):   Promotion of electronics hardware manufacturing with a target of 'NetZero Imports' is one of the

- pillars of Digital India Programme of the Government.

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