India Commerce Ministry: apps for knowledge economy

The Commerce Ministry is pressing ahead with its efforts to build mobile applications which will offer all stakeholders, including exporters and importers, all the relevant information and notifications on their smart phones. … The move is also part of the steps the government is taking to improve India’s ranking in ease of doing business index here. The government has announced an umbrella programme ‘Digital India’ comprising various projects worth about Rs 1 lakh crore [~US$16B] to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy. The programme includes projects that aim to ensure government services are available to citizens electronically and people get benefit of the latest information and communication technology. The vision of the government under the Digital India project includes creation of ICT infrastructure like high-speed Internet at gram panchayat level and on-demand availability of government services like health and education. Link