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Digitization Creates Jobs And Efficiency In The System

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May 2017

Digital transformation requires changes, to both processes and IT systems that are more challenging to implement in the public sector than in the private sector. In a conversation with Dataquest, Smt. Kiran Soni Gupta, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, talks on how digitization of Government Departments play a significant role in propelling the digital drive in the country. —KIRAN SONI GUPTA Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports & Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India

- Sarabjeet Kaur

Digitization Creates Jobs And Efficiency In The System

Digital India is a flagship initiative of the government. This initiative is not only beneficial for private sector but it also helps public sector to achieve massive savings through digitization. However, this requires organizational transformation, which the government finds hard to implement. Although a lot of focus and emphasis is being channeled in its direction as many government departments are trying and many have already given green signal for e-offices and e-governance. Many of them are also in the process of doing so.

Kiran Soni shares, “Our ministry is also in the process of implementing e-governance. I think digital India is transforming our lives; not only official lives but personal lives as well. When you observe the economy, you will come across the speed at which now the communication is taking place. It plays a very important role. The faster the communication, the more it acts as an accelerating agent for the economic growth. Therefore, in government also, e-governance and Digital India is truely aiding decision making”.

The speed of communication and people getting connected to one another is undoubtedly doubling by the second. The speed at which e-mails are received, how people get connected to the whole world through social media, whether it facebook or twitter, it has transformed lives and made the world a much smaller place. Likewise, when we talk about digital India, particularly in government space, the movement of information and files can become much faster and ultimately help in taking decisions. While decisions have to be taken by somebody in person, use of technology surely eases up the process. If a decision has to be taken with all the data available in front of the person, one can sit at comfort and transmit the whole information without any fuss. Everything is available in easy to reach compact format, then it is easier to work upon.

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