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Digital Telangana to kickstart from tomorrow
Digital Telangana to kickstart from tomorrow. After Make in India and Clean India (Swachh Bharat), the NDA government at Centre is launching its third major campaign, ‘Digital India’ with the objectives of enabling digital empowerment of citizens; facilitating digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen and providing governance and services on demand.
IT Minister KT Rama rao to launch the prestigious programme
Hyderabad: After Make in India and Clean India (Swachh Bharat), the NDA government at Centre is launching its third major campaign, ‘Digital India’ with the objectives of enabling digital empowerment of citizens; facilitating digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen and providing governance and services on demand.
Digital India will be launched through a week-long programme beginning July 1. Under the leadership of IT Minister KT Rama Rao, the ITE&C Department has simultaneously planned for a very ambitious Digital Telangana programme.
The programme is being made possible through laying OFC to each household using the water grid trenches; providing 4G services in the entire State; Wifi in major cities and towns; e-Panchayat scheme under which a One Stop Shop kiosk will be available in each Panchayat.
The State government in the last six months has been working on making the vision of Digital Telangana a reality by providing 4G services in major cities; enabling WiFi facilities at Tank Bund, Necklace Road, Charminar, Public Gardens, Railway Station, etc; expanding Mee-Seva services and working towards the goal of One Stop Shop (OSS) kiosks at each Gram Panchayat. During the week-long drive, Department of IT&EC with the help of other departments was conducting programmes at village, mandal, district and State levels throughout the week.
The highlights of the programme are: Launch of new e-services in Endowments department (Online payment gateways for Yadgirigutta and Bhadrachalam), agriculture department (green phablet) and so on; promoting digital literacy, cyber hygiene and cyber security; encouraging people’s participation through Digital Pledge, 2k & 5k runs, competitions, Hackathon events, etc; launch of biometric attendance system in Warangal district and Wifi services at Telangana University, Nizamabad.
