KEY INITIATIVES UNDER DIGITAL INDIA

BHARAT NET Government stepped up its allocation for Bharat Net to Rs 10,000 crore to connect more than 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with Wi-Fi access in 2017-18

DIGITAL PAYMENTS Government will promote use of BHIM app by offering incentives to both users and merchants. It will also push banks to introduce 10 lakh PoS systems and 20 lakh Aadhaar Pay PoS systems by September. This will help it meet its target of 2,500 crore digital transactions in 2017-18

ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING India has got 250 investment proposals for electronics manufacturing in the last two years.

Government has earmarked Rs 745 crore as incentives to promote India as a global hub

SKILL DEVELOPMENT Government plans to launch an online education platform SWAYAM with 350 courses that will act as virtual classrooms. Students will be able to participate in discussions, take tests and earn grades

BANKING BACKBONE The government is looking to get primary agriculture credit societies (PACs), crucial for loan disbursements in rural areas integrated with the backend of district central cooperative banks. It would take Rs 1,900 crore to get the 65,000 PACs online.

TECH IN GOVERNANCE The government has increased budget provisions under MNREGA to Rs 48,000 crore, the highest ever allocation under the scheme. The increased budget will go into geotagging all MNREGA assets and putting them in public domain. Use of satellite data would help in better monitoring and accountability of funds