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Category 10 · Current Affairs & Government Schemes

Digital India and Technology Schemes

12 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Digital India Programme; BharatNet Project; and 10 more.

  1. 10.1

    Digital India Programme

    The Digital India Programme is the flagship mission of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), launched on 1 July 2015, to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Its three vision…

  2. 10.2

    BharatNet Project

    The BharatNet Project is India's rural broadband programme to connect all gram panchayats with optical fibre, run by the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications and funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund, now…

  3. 10.3

    Common Services Centres (CSC) Scheme

    The Common Services Centres (CSC) Scheme is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, launched in 2006 to give citizens in villages access to government and…

  4. 10.4

    Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Digital Payments Promotion coming soon

  5. 10.5

    National e-Governance Plan (Mission Mode Projects)

    The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May 2006 to make all government services accessible to citizens through common service delivery outlets at affordable cost. It began with 27 Mission…

  6. 10.6

    Aadhaar-Enabled Services and the Aadhaar Act coming soon

  7. 10.7

    e-Kranti and MyGov Platform coming soon

  8. 10.8

    National Broadband Mission coming soon

  9. 10.9

    India Stack and Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) coming soon

  10. 10.10

    PM-WANI (Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) coming soon

  11. 10.11

    GenomeIndia Project coming soon

  12. 10.12

    Central Bank Digital Currency – Digital Rupee (e₹) Pilot Project coming soon

Frequently asked questions

Which topics are in Digital India and Technology Schemes?

Digital India and Technology Schemes has 12 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes: Digital India Programme; BharatNet Project; Common Services Centres (CSC) Scheme; Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Digital Payments Promotion; National e-Governance Plan (Mission Mode Projects); Aadhaar-Enabled Services and the Aadhaar Act; e-Kranti and MyGov Platform; National Broadband Mission; India Stack and Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC); PM-WANI (Wi-Fi Access Network Interface); GenomeIndia Project; Central Bank Digital Currency – Digital Rupee (e₹) Pilot Project.

Is Digital India and Technology Schemes important for UPSC Prelims?

Digital India and Technology Schemes is a part of the UPSC Prelims Current Affairs & Government Schemes syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 4 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.