Budget 2019: Digital India – A one-stop information house

Union Budget 2019: Government’s flagship initiative Digital India has ventured into almost all sectors. Started in 2015, the array of government’s efforts towards digitising the country has come bearing fruits. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman divulged the current status of Digital India programme, which is reaching every nook and corner.

A large number of officials from various industries have lauded the government’s efforts and the plan earmarked for the expansion of Digital India. “The budget while precisely laying the foundation of the role technology has to play for distant New India, has very little to offer for immediate New India. The expectation was some out of box thoughts that could resolve some major challenges like debt in telecom, increasing domestic value addition in manufacturing or tech led job creation. But this is a budget as usual,” said Faisal Kawoosa, founder and chief analyst, techARC.