๐ Topic 06 of 6 ยท Chapter 05 ยท IT & Cybersecurity
Digital India, UPI, Aadhaar & Revision
Digital India, UPI, Aadhaar, India Stack, complete revision โ UPSC & PSC exams.
๐ฎ๐ณ Digital India โ Key Initiatives
- Digital India โ launched July 1, 2015 โ e-governance + digital literacy + broadband
- Aadhaar โ 12-digit biometric ID โ UIDAI โ 1.3 billion enrolled โ Nandan Nilekani (first chairman)
- UPI (Unified Payments Interface) โ 2016 โ NPCI โ real-time mobile payments โ India = world’s largest UPI market
- DigiLocker โ 2015 โ cloud document storage โ 200 million+ users
- CoWIN โ 2021 โ COVID-19 vaccine management โ 2 billion+ doses
- UMANG โ 2017 โ 1,200+ government services on single app
- BharatNet โ optical fibre to all gram panchayats
๐ฎ๐ณ India Stack
- Set of open APIs enabling digital infrastructure
- Layers: Aadhaar (identity) โ eKYC (paperless) โ eSign (digital signatures) โ DigiLocker (documents) โ UPI (payments)
- Praised globally as model for digital public infrastructure
- Several countries adopting India Stack-inspired systems
โ Chapter 05 โ Complete Revision Checklist
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India launched 5G = October 1, 2022 = Jio + Airtel
โ BharatNet = optical fibre to all gram panchayats = BBNL
โ Cloud computing: IaaS + PaaS + SaaS = three service models
โ MeghRaj = India’s government cloud = NIC
โ India AI Mission (2024) = โน10,372 crore = 10,000+ GPU cluster
โ IT Act 2000 = India’s primary cyber law
โ CERT-In = Computer Emergency Response Team India = cybersecurity nodal agency
โ Digital India = 2015 = e-governance + digital literacy + broadband
โ Aadhaar = 12-digit biometric ID = UIDAI = 1.3 billion enrolled
โ UPI = 2016 = NPCI = India = world’s largest UPI market
โ Bengaluru = “Silicon Valley of India”; Hyderabad = “Cyberabad”
โ India’s IT industry = ~$250 billion = 8% of GDP = 5 million employees
โ NASSCOM = National Association of Software and Service Companies
โ India = 2nd largest internet user base in world (after China)
โ WannaCry (2017) = global ransomware attack = affected India too
โ BharatNet = optical fibre to all gram panchayats = BBNL
โ Cloud computing: IaaS + PaaS + SaaS = three service models
โ MeghRaj = India’s government cloud = NIC
โ India AI Mission (2024) = โน10,372 crore = 10,000+ GPU cluster
โ IT Act 2000 = India’s primary cyber law
โ CERT-In = Computer Emergency Response Team India = cybersecurity nodal agency
โ Digital India = 2015 = e-governance + digital literacy + broadband
โ Aadhaar = 12-digit biometric ID = UIDAI = 1.3 billion enrolled
โ UPI = 2016 = NPCI = India = world’s largest UPI market
โ Bengaluru = “Silicon Valley of India”; Hyderabad = “Cyberabad”
โ India’s IT industry = ~$250 billion = 8% of GDP = 5 million employees
โ NASSCOM = National Association of Software and Service Companies
โ India = 2nd largest internet user base in world (after China)
โ WannaCry (2017) = global ransomware attack = affected India too