Digital India:

Paving the Way Towards a Sustainable Digital Economy

Abstract

Digital India, is an initiative by the Government of India for transforming India into a digitally-empowered knowledge hub. The Honorable Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi launched this initiative on 1 July 2015, with a vision to bring three goals as part of this initiative. The major areas of the vision include providing digital infrastructure to every citizen, bringing service and governance on demand and digitally empowering the citizens of India. This dream will make India a digital economy and will help achieve the goal of sustainability. Digital infrastructure, advanced technologies and digital platforms will help reduce carbon footprints. This paper highlights how the concept of Digital India is working on transforming India into a digital economy. It shows how the vision of digital India takes India on the road towards sustainability. The opportunities and challenges for sustainability in the digital economy are also highlighted in the paper.