UPSC Prelims 2018 · Question 36 of 99
UPSC Prelims 2018 question on Digital India Aims
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2018
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectPolity
- TopicGovernance
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of the 'Digital India' Plan of the Government of India?
1. Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did.
2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.
3. Connect many of our villages to the internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our schools, public places and major tourist centres.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Answer: B. 3 only
Verdict
Only statement 3 is correct, so the answer is (b) 3 only.
Statement by statement
Statement 1 is INCORRECT. Digital India is aimed at transforming the ecosystem of public services through information technology, with the vision of a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Building Indian internet companies on the Chinese model is not among its stated aims.
Statement 2 is INCORRECT. Compelling or encouraging overseas multinationals that collect Big Data to build large data centres inside India is not part of the programme's aims as set out for the Plan.
Statement 3 is CORRECT. Under the Plan, the National Information Infrastructure would integrate network and cloud infrastructure to provide high speed connectivity up to the panchayat level, and cities with over a million people along with tourist centres would get public Wi-Fi hotspots.
Source
Digital India programme description on the official programme website.
How to crack it
Statements 1 and 2 both describe ambitions that sound modern and governmental but belong to industrial or data localisation policy rather than to a service delivery programme. Ask what the scheme's own stated vision is and reject aims imported from adjacent policy debates. Reading the official about page for major schemes, rather than commentary about them, is what separates these two levels.