A Digital India state consultation workshop was organised by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the Government of Tamil Nadu in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) in Chennai on November 28, 2024.
The workshop focused on making the state officials aware about the central e-gov initiatives that can be taken up for state-wide implementation. The state government departments and the state e-mission team got a chance to know about the latest Digital India platforms and applications and ask direct questions. Further, the senior officials corroborated how the state’s project align with the centre’s push towards artificial intelligence (AI) integration and citizen empowerment through digital means.
In his keynote address, Thiru M Govinda Rao, director, e-Governance/chief executive officer (CEO), TNeGA spoke about India’s global reverence in the field of digital public infrastructure and how this monumental rise is an opportunity for the state to leverage the infrastructure that is being created. He also expressed the state’s willingness to adopt the integration with transformative Digital India projects like API Setu and Open Forge.
Tmt. Chitra Vijayan, joint director, e-Governance/joint CEO, TNeGA emphasised upon various services being offered by the Tamil Nadu state government that are in alignment with the Centre’s digital policy and push for seamless digital service delivery.
The workshop also focused upon various initiatives launched by NeGD, MeitY under the government’s flagship Digital India Programme such as DigiLocker, Entity Locker, API Setu, OpenForge, myScheme, UMANG, UX4G among others. Important verticals like cyber security and capacity building were also discussed. The state led a presentation on initiatives such as GID-based land records survey, e-Office, CCTNS, Namma Gramsabha app, and a revolutionary AI-machine learning (ML)- based cataract detection app called E-Paarvai as well.
An open discussion was also held between the officials of MeitY and the state government of Tamil Nadu to deliberate on the challenges and issues being faced in implementation of projects in the state, receive suggestions and feedback for resolving such matters.
This workshop is in continuation of a series of consultation workshops organised by NeGD in collaboration with states/UTs to not only raise awareness about the key projects under Digital India Programme but also identify opportunities for IT projects using Digital India platforms, recognise successful projects for replication, assist in emerging technologies, digital asset standardisation, program management and facilitate exchange of ideas, knowledge sharing, and industry partnerships.
