CII in association with their Knowledge Partner, Deloitte and Industry Partner, Wipro released a report titled “Digital India: Unleashing Prosperity” against the backdrop of the 6th TeleTech 2015 Conference organised by CII in partnership with the MIT School of Telecom Management (MITSOT) on 19 February, 2015 at Pune.
The Digital India initiative is a project of the Government to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It is centered on three vision areas: Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen; Governance and Services on Demand and the Digital Empowerment of Citizens. This initiative will ensure that all government services and information are available anywhere, anytime, on any device that is easy-to-use, seamless, highly-available and secured.
Through this convergence of Digital Economy which India is trying to create through the Digital India initiative, the Indian economy is transforming towards financial inclusion via provisioning of varied revolutionary services including Mobile money that facilitates cashless or mobile payments, integration of Aadhar with public cloud and general citizen services and use of social media for connecting to citizens.
In addition, the evolution and adoption of digital technology has a critical role to play in the reduction of carbon footprint moving towards improved lifestyle and a greener planet. The technologies like video conferencing, mobile devices, smart vehicles, cloud computing, digital cinema, smart cars, internet of things, digital sensors, etc. can help in reducing the CO2 emission in a significant way by reducing travel and efficient consumption of fossil fuels. Today companies are looking for smarter solutions that are not only cost effective but also meaningfully reduce their carbon footprint.
The CII Deloitte report provides a glimpse into the promising solutions and technologies the Digital Economy entails in a low carbon economy.