7 Ways For Govt Can Drive Digitization In India

[M.J.Sadiq]

Government initiatives and the involvement of research and development, academia, start-ups and enterprises are driving an innovation boom in areas such as cloud, wireless and wired broadband, while data acquisition technologies and analytics are set to transform the country by providing advanced intelligence, said Frost & Sullivan.

“India’s global position in manufacturing, healthcare, information and communication and agricultural sector will witness a boost in the coming years,” said Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision Industry Analyst Swapnadeep Nayak. “Current government programs, adoption of digitization, and developments in mobile payment applications and m-services are ripe to change the country’s information communication and technology (ICT) landscape”, he added.

“Digitization can only be realized through proper implementation of strategies backed by the government and technology developers,” noted the analyst adding, “Revamping and restructuring policies as well as skill-set development are crucial to facilitate adoption of new services.”

ICT Technologies Driving Digital India is part of Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision (Information & Communication) subscription program. The research highlights the impact of digitization in India, exploring key enabling technologies and their convergence prospects. It envisions future growth opportunities for Indian technology developers and participants wanting to penetrate the Indian market.

According to Frost & Sullivan Mobile broadband could be the main catalyst behind binding rural and urban India, which will widen the marketplace for businesses and help address bigger challenges for the government. Smartphone applications are encouraging the use of applications such as mobile payment, m-health, m-governance, and m-commerce. Mobile app downloads in India will reach 10 billion by 2020.

Information technology (IT), primarily driven by IT services, is becoming one of the major contributors of gross domestic product (GDP), the research firm said.



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