A Review of Digital India Programme and Comparative Study of E-Governance Initiatives around World Dr. Singh Amit Kumar1, Maurya Sheetal2 1Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Delhi Sechool of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, amitipo10@gmail.com 2Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Delhi Sechool of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Online published on 21 August, 2017. Abstract Digital India Programme is undoubtedly a laudable vision of current government of making India a digitally empowered economy through development of latest technological infrastructure and promoting their adoption and use by citizens. Successful and timely implementation of this projects will enhance India's competitiveness. In this paper discuss about the conceptual idea of laudable mission of making India an economy connected through a robust digital network which talks about the vision and mission, various Projects aligned in line with this vision and how it integrates with India's National Economic Agenda. Further this paper presents the comparative analysis of India's standing in E-governance and E-Participation indices vis-à-vis world, Regional and Sub-Regional Averages over period of 2003–2016. Finally, we review some of the E-Governance initiative around the globe like USA, Australia, Singapore, France and Estonia and challenges in path of Digital India Programme. The final section of this paper concludes. Top Keywords Digital India, E-Governance Index (EGDI), E-Participation Index (EPART), technological infrastructure. Top |