Union Cabinet approves expansion of the Digital India programme with an outlay of 14,903 crore

Digital India programme was launched on 1^st July, 2015 to enable digital delivery of services to citizens. It has proved to be a very successful program.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the expansion of the Digital India programme. The total outlay is ₹14,903 crores.

This would enable the following:

• 6.25 lakh IT professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under the FutureSkills Prime Programme;