Brief on Digital India

Digital India, a flagship program of the Government of India, aims to “transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”, the focus is on being transformative to realise IT (Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow). This program centres on three key vision areas of “Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen”, “Governance and Services on Demand” and “Digital Empowerment of Citizens”.

Digital India aims to provide thrust to the 9 pillars of growth areas of the country, namely Broadband Highways, Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity, Public Internet Access Program, e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology, e-Kranti: Electronic Delivery of Services, Information for All and Early Harvest Programmes. For further details log on to www.deity.gov.in or www.negp.gov.in

While the Government is doing all that it possibly can to realise Digital India’s vision by actively rolling out services and projects, the need of the hour is to give a prominent voice to this transformational revolution.

For this purpose, the Department of Electronics & IT invites entries from interested participants to write lyrics for an anthem on Digital India that will put in words the vision and dream of this Program, convey about activities that are happening on ground and inspire India to participate in this nation building endeavour. The wordings should be poignant, inspiring and should contribute, in no small measure, to the impact it is intended to generate. Lyrics should infuse fresh energy in communicating Digital India’s vision and strike an emotional chord with the audience.

The last date for submission is 28th March 2015.

The selected messages will be awarded a cash prize as under:

1. First Prize - Rs. 10,000/-

2. Second Prize - Rs. 5000/-

3. Third Prize - Rs. 2000/-

Please click here for more information on Terms of Reference.

Moderator for the task

Barnali Mukherjee,

Department of Electronics & IT,

E-Mail ID: barnali@negp.gov.in