The period 2014-19 is set to witness a transition in political governance in India’s democratic landscape. A new transformation in wider governance areas and intervention, with new ideas, vision and milestones, is discernable. The country’s digital landscape for its billion plus population is set to build upon existing strengths and learning over the past decade and more.
The indications from political manifestos for the first time reflect the visionary expansion of accepting information technology as a change factor. While one vision talks about the democratisation of information and connect all 250,000 gram panchayats with high-speed broadband services to improve service delivery, then there is vision of generating information technology based jobs in rural and semi-urban areas, bring weaker sections within the ambit of IT-enabled development and make every household digitally literate.
Then there is the commitment to end corruption and devolving power directly to the people. These digital promises augurs well and show that we are on the right track on political and governance commitments to see digital transition from exclusion to inclusion for the va