The Digital India Programme is an ambitious initiative

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Explanation: Digital India programme was launched on 1st 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. •            6.25 lakh IT professionals will be re-skilled and up-skilled under the FutureSkills Prime Programme. •            2.65 lakh persons will be trained in information security under the Information Security & Education Awareness Phase (ISEA) Programme. •            540 additional services will be available under the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) app/ platform. At present over 1,700 services are already available on UMANG. •            9 more supercomputers will be added under National Super Computer Mission. This is in addition to 18 supercomputers already deployed. •            Bhashini, the AI-enabled multi-language translation tool (currently available in 10 languages) will be rolled out in all 22 schedules 8 languages. •            Modernisation of the National Knowledge Network (NKN) which connects 1,787 educational institutions. •            Digital document verification facility under DigiLocker will now be available to MSMEs and other organisations. •            1,200 start-ups will be supported in Tier 2/3 cities. •            3 Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence on health, agriculture and sustainable cities will be set up. •            Cyber-awareness courses for 12 crores college students; •            New initiatives in the area of cyber security including development of tools and integration of more than 200 sites with National Cyber Coordination Centre.