The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading platform that integrates existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Despite its benefits, challenges remain — including limited mandi coverage, poor digital infrastructure, low awareness, and varied APMC laws across states.
Click to View MoreIndia’s UPI expands to Qatar via Qatar National Bank and Qatar Duty Free, enabling seamless, real-time payments for Indian travelers. Driven by NPCI International, it boosts tourism, retail, and bilateral ties, showcasing India’s digital strength and advancing global payment interoperability.
Click to View MoreMana Mitra showcases transformative digital governance by delivering accessible, transparent, and scalable services through WhatsApp. If replicated nationwide with strong policies and safeguards, it can drive Viksit Bharat 2047’s vision, ensuring equitable, efficient, and citizen-centric access to government services.
Click to View MoreThe AI for Viksit Bharat Roadmap reimagines AI as India’s growth engine, enabling equitable prosperity through infrastructure, skilling, and governance. By bridging growth gaps and creating transformative jobs, India can spearhead responsible global AI leadership, realizing Viksit Bharat by 2047.
Click to View MoreUndersea cables, crucial for the global digital economy, pose a significant strategic vulnerability for India, particularly with Mumbai and Chennai landing stations. The recent Red Sea cable cuts highlight geopolitical and physical risks. To ensure resilience, strategic diversification of landing sites, simplified regulations, and indigenous repair capabilities are essential.
Click to View MoreThe digital age has revolutionized communication, commerce, and public discourse, but also brought challenges like misinformation, hate speech, and data privacy. India's social media regulation, governed by the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been amended to introduce accountability and self-regulation. The Nepal incident underline the global challenge of creating effective, proportionate, and respectful regulatory frameworks.
Click to View MoreDigital Public Infrastructure (DPI), utilizing Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, and India Stack, is revolutionizing governance by enabling inclusive, paperless, and cashless services. It bridges digital divides, promotes financial inclusion, and offers scalable models for the Global South. Despite concerns over privacy, security, and equitable access, DPI offers a replicable framework for sustainable growth.
Click to View MoreTRAI's 2025 performance report highlights growth, with telephone subscribers reaching 1.218 billion and internet users exceeding 1 billion. Tele-density rose to 86.09%, driven by the private sector's 91.73% market share. This data highlights the rapid expansion of the digital landscape, despite a persistent rural-urban divide.
Click to View MoreKerala became India’s first fully digitally literate state, training 21.87 lakh people via Digi Kerala. Leveraging Akshaya, PMGDisha, and BharatNet, it empowers 3.5 crore citizens for e-governance and UPI. Challenges like rural connectivity and cybercrime hinder nationwide scaling, requiring multilingual, community-driven models.
Click to View MoreIndia has reported over 12.47 lakh cybercrime cases in the last six months, with daily financial losses ranging from ₹10 to ₹15 lakh. The country's framework includes the Information Technology Act, Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, National Cyber Security Policy, and Cyber Swachhta Kendra. However, outdated laws, low digital literacy, and jurisdictional complexity, contribute to vulnerabilities.
Click to View MoreArtificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the Banking Sector by improving efficiency, security, and customer experience. However, challenges like high implementation costs, data privacy concerns, and skilled workforce shortages persist. The RBI emphasizes a balanced approach, including a robust regulatory framework and financial inclusion, to ensure successful AI adoption in banking.
Click to View MoreJudiciary is integrating AI for efficient, transparent, and accessible justice. Initiatives like SUPACE and SUVAS help judges with research and translation. However, AI presents ethical challenges like data privacy and algorithmic bias. A human-centric approach is crucial for fairness, justice, and accountability.
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