New Delhi, December 29 2015:   Over 20 new  products and e-services  were launched by the Indian government yesterday under  the Digital India banner.  They include:
Department of Electronics and Information Technology
·         Launch of National Centre of Geo-Informatics
·         Launch of e-Payment Portal
·         Launch of Olabs for Schools
·         Launch of Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase-II
·         All India BPO Promotion Scheme A week-long celebration of Good Governance Week was organized by
·         North East Business Process Outsourcing Promotion Scheme|
·         Transfer of Technology for “ICT Centre on Tactile Graphics” at IIT Delhi
·         Announcement of Setting up of NIC Data Centre at Bhubaneswar
Department of Telecommunications
·         Inauguration of Wi-Fi hotspots at Har ki Pauri, Haridwar and Dargah Sharif, Ajmer.|
·         Announcement of Pan India Free Incoming Roaming Facility for MTNL Customers
Department of Posts
·         Launch of Post-Terminals (Rural ICT - RICT) – handing over Post Terminals to rural Post Masters.
The detail on each of 23 new products / eservices is available at the Digital India Portal  www.digitalindia.gov.in\
The  announcement  was made by Minister of Communications & Information Technology (MoCIT)  Ravi Shankar Prasad,  while inaugurating a national event on Good Governance in the national capital.(seen in home page photo). The event  saw participation from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Department of Posts (DoP) and their agencies
Speaking on the occasion,  Minister  Prasad reiterated the commitment of the Government towards the successful implementation of ‘Digital India’. He said the government is aiming at empowering people of India through digitalization. Millions of citizens have already joined in this initiative and he  invited others to do so.
He also  announced that India Post would be launching Payment Banking by March 2017. He said after the successful turn around of BSNL, new initiatives have been taken for improving performance of MTNL. He also announced launch of free incoming all over the Country by MTNL from  the new year.