To connect the unconnected, the second phase of Digital India, which the government had started in its first term, will be rolled out soon. The target is to set up 100,000 digital villages in the next two years. About 700 digital villages have already been set up by Common Service Centers (CSCs), under Ministry of IT and Electronics headed by Ravi Shankar Prasad. Conceptually, a digital village means it will have a digital banker, a digital doctor and a digital teacher with internet WiFi access point. With an aim to provide virtual health and education services to rural people, apart from creating digital literacy, Digital India -- through Digital villages and WiFi hotspots -- has to traverse a long way before India can become a fully internet enabled country.

Source: dna June 11, 2019 00:11 UTC