Early Harvest Programmes

IT Platform for Messages
A Mass Messaging Application has been developed by DeitY that will cover elected representatives and all Government employees. 1.36 Cr mobiles and 22 Lakh emails are part of the database.

Government Greetings to be e-Greetings
A basket of e-Greetings templates has been made available. Crowdsourcing of e-greetings through the MyGov platform has been ensured. The e-Greetings portal has been made live on 14th August 2014.

Biometric Attendance
It will cover all central Govt. Offices in Delhi are already operational in DeitY and have been initiated in the Department of Urban Development. On-boarding has also started in other departments.

Wi-Fi in All Universities
All universities on the National Knowledge Network (NKN) shall be covered under this scheme. The Ministry of HRD is the nodal ministry for implementing this scheme.

Secure Email within the Government
Email would be the primary mode of communication.

Phase-I upgrade for 10 lakh employees has been completed. In Phase II, infrastructure would be further upgraded to cover 50 lakh employees by March 2015 for Rs 98 Cr. DeitY is the nodal department for this scheme.

Standardize Government Email Design
Standardized templates for Government email are under preparation and will be ready by October 2014. This would be implemented by DeitY.

Public Wi-Fi hotspots
Cities with a population of over 1 million and tourist centers would be provided with public wi-fi hotspots to promote digital cities. The scheme would be implemented by DoT and MoUD.

School Books to be eBooks
All books shall be converted into eBooks. Min. of HRD/ DeitY would be the nodal agencies for this scheme.

SMS-based weather information, disaster alerts
SMS-based weather information and disaster alerts would be provided. DeitY’s Mobile Seva Platform is already ready and available for this purpose. MoES (IMD) / MHA (NDMA) would be the nodal organizations for implementing this scheme.

National Portal for Lost & Found Children
This would facilitate real-time information gathering and sharing on the lost and found children and would go a long way to check crime and improve timely response.

DeitY/ DoWCD would be the nodal departments for this project.