The PRAGATI platform, an ICT-based multi-modal system chaired by the Prime Minister, accelerates stalled mega-infrastructure projects and resolves citizen grievances. Utilizing geo-spatial tech and video-conferencing, it strengthens cooperative federalism, recently fast-tracking ₹30,000 crore projects in its 52nd meeting.
Click to View MoreDISHA 2.0 is a ₹255-crore Central Sector Scheme (2026-31) by the Ministry of Law and Justice. It integrates technology via Tele-Law, Nyaya Bandhu, Legal Literacy, and the new AI-powered VIDHI-Sanjeevani platform to provide free legal aid to 3 crore marginalized citizens.
Click to View MoreICAR launched 'Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra', India's first WhatsApp-based AI chatbot, to provide 24x7 multilingual advisory to oilseed farmers. It aims to bridge crop yield gaps, boost domestic production, and drastically reduce India's 55-60% reliance on edible oil imports.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court's 2026 draft regulations permit artificial intelligence for administrative tasks but strictly ban its use in core judicial decision-making. The framework emphasizes human primacy, transparency, and accountability to protect constitutional rights from algorithmic bias and opacity.
Click to View MoreThe Ministry of Ayush launched the paperless Ayush Anudan Portal under the Ayush Grid initiative to digitally manage funding grants for Central Sector Schemes. This platform ensures 100% transparency, operational efficiency, and real-time tracking for applicants.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court constituted a high-powered committee seeking ₹50,000 crore to modernize India's judicial infrastructure. This digital transformation leverages e-Courts Phase III, to eliminate pendency, bridge the digital divide, and ensure transparent justice delivery.
Click to View MoreThe ASUSE 2025 report by MoSPI highlights robust expansion in India's informal economy, creating 7.45 million jobs. However, it exposes structural challenges like low wages, declining capital investment, and low productivity, perpetuating a "job-heavy, value-light" model.
Click to View MoreLaunched in 2015, Digital India built a strong digital ecosystem through BharatNet connectivity, affordable data, and Digital Public Infrastructure like Aadhaar and UPI. However, rural-urban and gender digital divides, connectivity gaps, and low digital literacy require targeted policies for inclusive digital growth.
Click to View MoreThe TRAI report shows Indian telecom base crossing 1.3 billion phone and 1 billion internet users, yet the rural-urban digital divide persists. Despite improved AGR and ARPU, challenges remain in rural connectivity, 5G rollout, and digital literacy. BharatNet and GatiShakti Sanchar aim to enable meaningful connectivity.
Click to View MoreIndia is advancing the democratisation of Artificial Intelligence by expanding affordable access to compute power, shared datasets, digital infrastructure and AI skills through initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission and AIKosh. With widespread 5G connectivity, growing data centre capacity and strong policy support, the approach aims to enable inclusive innovation, strengthen public service delivery, reduce regional disparities and position India as a global leader in equitable and development-focused AI.
Click to View MoreBharat Taxi is a government-backed cooperative ride-hailing platform operated by Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Ltd (STCL), designed to provide a zero-commission, driver-owned alternative to private aggregators. The platform allows bookings for cars, auto-rickshaws, and two-wheelers, while enabling drivers to become co-owners through share participation and benefit from future profits. It focuses on fair, transparent pricing and aims to improve driver earnings and welfare within the gig economy. Currently operational in select cities with around 4 lakh drivers onboarded and about 10,000 daily rides, the initiative faces early challenges such as low demand and operational issues, but targets nationwide expansion by 2029, positioning itself as a potential large-scale cooperative model in India’s digital platform economy.
Click to View MoreSanchar Saathi boosts telecom security through tools like CEIR and TAFCOP, blocking stolen devices and fraudulent SIMs. But the mandate to pre-install a non-removable app on smartphones has raised privacy concerns. Moving ahead requires balancing security with strong data protection, transparency, public trust, and industry cooperation.
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