A CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF E-GOVERNANCE AND DIGITAL INDIA: EMPOWERING INDIAN ECONOMY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

India’s economic agenda, as laid out by the present government, largely focuses on economic revival and inclusive growth. It aims to carry these out by financially empowering citizens, focusing on industrial development and reducing subsidies through the use of digital technologies. The agenda has the following action points: poverty elimination, containing food inflation, agricultural reforms, co-operation between Centre and states, transparent and time-bound delivery of government services, e-governance and governance enabled through mobile devices, ease of doing business, job creation and development of infrastructure. India is seeing a dramatic growth in the number of online transactions involving citizens and the government. The number of such e-transactions has grown by approx. more than 200% in 2 years: from 840 million in 2013 to 2580 million in 2015.In this backdrop present paper made an attempt to overview the status of E-governance in India and in contemporary world, analyse the Initiatives Taken by the Current Government and their Progress. And finally examine the key challenges faced in digital India and DBT “jammed” by last-mile challenge.