.: BJP’s IT Vision

Sunday, August 16, 2009

India to equal China in every IT parameter in five years.
National Digital Highway Development Project and Pradhan Mantri Digital Gram Sadak Yojana to create a next-generation network infrastructure that supports converged media: data, voice, and high-definition video.
Unrestricted VoIP would be implemented immediately.
Post Offices to be turned into IT-enabled Multi-Service Outlets. Telephone booths to be upgraded to internet kiosks.
Citizens will have a simple 1-800 BSNL Toll Free Number, which is accessible 24 x 7x 365 days of the year, to contact their Member of Parliament.
Government of India to standardise on ‘open standard’ and ‘open source’ software. An IT standards-setting body would be spun out of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards).
Video-conferencing to be made affordable and universally accessible.
Land and property records to be digitised; use of GPS for this purpose.
An independent body, Digital Security Agency, to be set up for cyber warfare, cyber counter-terrorism, and cyber security of national digital assets.
Domestic IT hardware industry to be promoted to minimise dependence on imports.
Domestic hosting industry to be promoted to minimise international bandwith charges.
Special focus to bring women, SC/STs, OBCs and other weaker sections of society within the ambit of IT-enabled development.
Use of IT for the protection of India’s priceless cultural and artistic heritage

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