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• Digital India Platform: It involves digitisation of data and records on a large scale in the country to make easy and
quick access to them possible.
• Bharat Net: A high-speed digital highway will connect all 250,000 gram-panchayats of the country. This is the world’s
largest rural broadband project using optical fibres.
• Wi-Fi Hotspots: It provides internet connectivity throughout the country to improve digital connectivity in the country.
• Next Generation Network: This service is launched by BSNL and will replace 30-year-old telephone to manage all
types of services like voice, data, multimedia and other types of communication services.
• Electronics Development Fund: This will support the manufacturing of electronics products that would help create
new jobs and reduce import.
• Centre of Excellence on Internet of Things (IoT): In partnership with NASSCOM, DeitY, and ERNET in Bangalore,
Centre of Excellence will enable rapid adoption of IoT technology and encourage a new growth strategy. IoT will
help the citizens in services like transport system, parking, electricity, waste management, water management and
women’s safety to create smart cities, smart health services, smart manufacturing and smart agriculture, etc.
REVISIT
▶ BPO stands for Business Process Outsourcing. It means outsourcing of business processes or functions to a
third party to get faster results at lesser cost with proper quality.
▶ Business Process Management (BPM) is a process of operation management in which we study, identify,
change and monitor business processes of an organisation to ensure that they run smoothly and can improve
their performance with time.
▶ The services that use IT to enhance and increase an organisation’s efficiency are known as Information
Technology-Enabled Services or web-enabled services.
▶ Information Technology used for the smooth working of the business combined with Business Process
Management will form a new branch called IT-BPM.
▶ The government of India has identified Information Technology as one of 12 champion service sectors for
which an action plan is being developed.
▶ With the advancements in computer hardware and software technology, various high-tech machines are used
in the diagnosis and treatment of critical diseases.
▶ IT Tools have reduced the time and cost required for different business activities.
▶ In partnership with NASSCOM, DeitY and ERNET in Bangalore, Centre of Excellence will enable rapid adoption
of IoT technology and encourage a new growth strategy.
▶ Digital India (digitalindia.gov.in) is a government of India programme for transforming India into a digitally
empowered society and to adapt to the new mode of economy.
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