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Digital India may have become a soft target for criminals as the country recorded a huge increase of 63.5 per cent in cybercrime cases in the year 2019, showed the National Crime Record Bureau data. The NCRB's data stated that 4,4546 cases of cybercrimes were registered in 2019 as compared to 28,248 in 2018.

According to Lucknow Newspaper Data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that Uttar Pradesh accounted for the maximum number of economic offences in 2018. While the state recorded 22,822 cases of economic offences, Rajasthan was a close second with 21,309 such cases. The data showed in 60.4 per cent of cases, registered fraud was the motive followed by sexual exploitation (5.1%) and causing disrepute (4.2%).

The data comes at a time when India’s probe agencies – the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation – are investigating some crucial cases pertaining to economic offences, including the Rs14,356 crore Punjab National Bank scam, the INX Media case, as well as the ICICI Bank-Videocon Industries case.

The Information Technology Act- 2000, lays down the provisions regarding cybercrimes and the penalties there off. An amendment was made in 2008, with a special focus on Information Security. However, not all cybercrimes are covered under IT Act, with crimes related to forgery, threat, misappropriation etc have provisions under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Despite the tall claims by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on the improving law and order situation, the new age crime - ransomware - seems to be growing in the state. By Latest Today News in NCRB report, out of 1,218 cyberattacks involving ransomware, 1,136 took place in Uttar Pradesh. Notably, there is a 400% rise in such cases across the country as compared to the 2017 numbers. In 2017, there were just 300 such cases countrywide, though UP had still the highest 245 cases involving ransomware then. Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

Even the states considered to be information technology hubs, like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, are nowhere close to UP. While Andhra Pradesh has zero such cases registered in 2018, Karnataka has seven. The only state that comes next to UP is Jharkhand with mere 51 cases. Nevertheless, Karnataka still tops the charts when it comes to non-ransomware cyberattacks.

According to Up News Live by a senior police officer in UP's cybercrime cell, "Computer illiteracy combined with negligence is the primary cause of ransomware attacks."

Good anti-virus software and not falling prey to attractive but unauthentic lucrative baits in the form of cash rewards are some of the safeguards. Besides, there are times when small firms or individuals attach their backup data to the internet by plugging devices into their systems. Such data is always vulnerable to ransomware. But considering the size of the state and its population, 1,136 is still a minuscule figure when compared to the way people throw caution to wind."

With the increasing use of internet and computers, it was being predicted that the coming time would be different from its traditional form, which was reflected in the use of Digitaly intelligence in our everyday work, but the Corona Era changed the human civilization. Turned the picture into the Latest News shock.

Such a big change in human civilization probably came only after the discovery of fire, water and wheels earlier. Then the Internet changed the picture and many revolutionary events took place in the society and online came, but still many people were away from the Internet because they had traditional options for those works.

In fact, the prevalence of the Internet has reduced the difference between home and office to a great extent. Many old jobs will be past forever, while many new sectors will create employment in which only computers and the internet will rule. In circumstances when many workers working from home are waiting to return to normalcy, many of them will no longer be able to return to their traditional offices. Are we moving fast towards the Digital India future? Will it be the new normal ie New Normal? These are some of the questions for which thinkers from all over the world are engaged in finding answers.

The changes happening now are inevitable because even though the corona ends, the entire human civilization will prepare for this kind of epidemic in the future. We may not be able to see the changes happening around us, but in the last eight months, a lot has changed in our lives forever. As we are adapting to work from home, our dependence on email, chat, and video conferencing is increasing, video calling is no longer for work, but for work. Not only business, IT sector, other companies, the common man is also giving more importance to video conferencing and online work. It is not only effective for limited physical contact in response to the corona epidemic but is also shaping new ways of working.

In the coming years, the expenditure on travel for work will be very less and it will change our work culture very fast while saving time and money on traveling with the app. A major social impact of work from home may be that gender discrimination in employment with women will be less, as it is believed that women are difficult to hold in emergency situations until late at night.

Hospitals and healthcare institutions are also changing in the country, which is gaining momentum in the Corona era. Now e-consultancy is a virtual consulting reality that is being done through audio and video conferencing tools. The Government's Telemedicine Practice Guidelines give legal form to doctors in remote areas of the country to deliver their services through the Internet which has been released on March 20 according to Uttar Pradesh News.

This method of medicine will benefit people not only in this time of crisis but also in the future. Doctors and patients will be able to connect to digital platforms instead of in-person visits, which will reduce unnecessary congestion in hospitals and patients will reach hospitals for treatment of serious diseases. The corona epidemic is a crisis that has posed a challenge to medical scientists as well as other scientists so that we will see changes in all areas of science.

India is on the tip of innovation and is going all guns blazing to digitize the citizen-centric services. One of the greatest challenges testing this collective vision will be to prudently channelize gains, to refine the standard of living of the poorest of poor.

As par Latest Lucknow News,In rural areas, there are disputes over land, barn as well as occupation of land. If the village map, Khasra-Khatouni and other figures are digitized, then there will be no dispute in the villages and towns. Therefore, all the records should be digitized.

To increase the trust of taxpayers towards the central government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a new announcement for honest taxpayers. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has recently taken a number of steps to improve the functioning of the Income Tax Department and bring transparency.

On 13 August 2020, PM Modi launched the Transparent Taxation Program (Transparent Taxation System - Honoring the Faithful) which comes under his Digital India vision. According to E NEWS PAPER this, 3 facilities have been introduced, which are Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal, and Taxpayers Charter. The Faceless Assessment and Taxpayers Charter has already come into force, while the Faceless Appeal will come into effect from September 25. Efforts are being made to strengthen honest taxpayers through this new system.

Understand Faceless Assessment?

Faceless should not mean anything about who is the taxpayer and who is the income tax officer. Earlier, the income tax department of the city used to investigate, but now an officer of any state or city can investigate anywhere. All this will also be decided by computer, who will do it in tax assessments. Even the officer who came out of the assessment will go to anyone, it will not be known. The biggest advantage of this will be that there will not be any manipulation to create identity and pressure from the Income Tax authorities.This will also prevent unnecessary litigation. It will be a problem for those who used to follow wrong methods and did not pay taxes.

What is Faceless Appeal?

PM Modi has also talked about introducing faceless appeal facility under the transparent tax system, which will come into effect from 25 September 2020. Under LATEST TODAY NEWS, taxpayers will be able to appeal. Being faceless means that no officer will know who is the person who appeals. If everything is decided by computer, a case or appeal cannot be sent to a loved one. When it starts from September 25, more information about this will also be shared by the government.

What does a taxpayer charter mean?

PM Modi has called the Taxpayer Charter a major step in the country's development journey. He said that this is a step to balance the rights and duties of the taxpayer. There are very few counted countries that give this level of respect and protection to taxpayers and now India too has joined it.Therefore, more awareness is being expected.

PM Modi said, "The honest taxpayer of the country plays a huge role in nation-building. When the life of the honest taxpayer of the country becomes easy, it moves forward, the country also develops, the country also moves forward." PM Narendra Modi said, "Even though the tax system is becoming Digital, it is giving taxpayers confidence of fairness and fearlessness. The platform has major reforms like Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal, and Taxpayers Charter."

Digital India program is an initiative of the Government of India towards enriching India. Its main objective is to set a new record in the field of science and technology in the country. By this, the only goal is to empower the country digitally. In the present era, today the same country is ahead which has made science and technology the medium of the progress of its country. Often there are consultations about its merits and demerits.

IoT or Internet of Things is the LATEST NEWS word these days. Do you have any idea what it means? In simple words, it refers to a virtual internet connection from things, people, and almost everything you see around. Everything in our surrounding environment is allowed to communicate with each other without any human intervention.

India is on the tip of innovation and is going all guns blazing to digitize the citizen-centric services. One of the greatest challenges testing this collective vision will be to prudently channelize gains, to refine the standard of living of the poorest of poor. We just need to put a series of interconnected devices exchanging information with one another into any digital channel, and the benefits of urban amenities will become accessible to all citizens. This is precisely the purpose which the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) serves.

KPMG, an auditing and consulting company, has created last year a media and entertainment industry (M&E) 11th edition report. The report, launched with the title 'India's Digital Future: Mass of Niches', predicts growth in the digital media sector in the country by the year 2030. The report covers the industry's performance in various segments as well as key themes and elements that play a key role in growth.

According to the report, the country's TV and ENGLISH NEWSPAPER media and entertainment industry has witnessed 13 percent growth during the financial year 2019 (FY19) and has reached Rs 1,63,100 crore with a CAGR of 11.5 percent over the year 2015.

The report says that digital has increased continuously when we look at all segments of the media and entertainment industry. Digital advertising and gaming have gained momentum with the disruption of TV and print. The digital world is emerging as the second-largest segment in the country after TV and is also attracting a large number of advertisers. There are two major reasons behind the speed of digital in the country. One is the decrease in internet data prices with the increasing number of smartphones, Second, digital content is also being supplied, i.e. investment in original and regional digital content is also increasing.

Rural India can benefit from the trickle-down effects of the country's thriving digital economy through the smart connectivity of devices. IoT can penetrate our cottage Industry, and open gates for the local or traditional products by linking them to our e-commerce industry. IoT holds immense relevance for our rural ecosystem that is gaining strength from flagship schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana which attempts to push the boundaries of financial inclusion by making the basic banking services tangible for the poorest of poor. Opening a bank account is one thing but to make a remotely located individual access that account without any locomotion hassles is something that IoT can achieve with ease. Banks are now paving way for business correspondents who travel to the remotest of areas to let people avail of the basic banking services through smart devices such as mobile ATMs or card readers. These devices are seamlessly connected to the back offices of banks. IoT focusses on a smart interpersonal communication to avail urbane amenities over a vast network of connected things, from the comfort of home. This makes it a potential deterrent for the rural to urban migration that is flooding the urban milieu with ill-functioning slums.

IoT is bound to revolutionize our obsolete farming methods by facilitating a network of smart devices to gather real-time INDIA NEWS information on weather, the pH level of soil, and fluctuating market price of a specific crop. This information can then be sent to mobile phones via cloud technology.

IoT has the potential of ushering in an era of impeccable energy management by making way for smarter grids to cut down our transmission and distribution losses. Such losses account for nearly 23 percent of the electricity generated. IoT can enable a network of carbon-emitting devices that can be accessed from a remote location so that users can turn off or turn on such devices at will. Such devices can inform users about the technical faults with electric circuits through real-time alerts, and also throw light on their energy consumption patterns.

IoT is playing a crucial role in the resurrection of our ruptured healthcare sector which is dented with overcrowded hospitals. Through a telecommunication infrastructure, a thorough diagnosis can be done by a specialist from a remote location and medication can be prescribed based on the medical data recorded by smart devices.

With the Government of India to be really optimistic about the Digital India program, IOT which will definitely be a valuable cog in the wheel of the digital infrastructure of the country. It will take great effort to make a variety of digital channels developed infrastructure is accessible to the large population.

On the completion of 5 years of India's "Digital India" program, the Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology has said that the digital journey has focused on empowerment, inclusion and digital transformation and its positive impact can be felt in all aspects of the lives of Indian citizens.

key points:

1)  On this occasion, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, while describing the achievements of JAM Trinity- Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile, said that in the COVID-19 pandemic also, due to the Digital India program, people can work from home; Making digital payments; Students get education from TV, mobile, laptop; Patients are able to take tele-counseling and farmers in remote areas of India can directly avail the benefits of PM-KISAN scheme in their bank accounts.

2) Digital India program led to Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer, Common Service Center, DigiLocker, Mobile Based Umang (UMANG) Services, Participation in Governance through MyGov, Ayushman Bharat, E-Hospital, PM-Kisan, E-Naam, Soil Health Card , SWAYAM, SWAYAM PRABHA, through National Scholarship Portal, e-Pathshala, etc. have positively affected all aspects of the lives of Indian citizens.

3) The National AI Portal and the Responsible AI for Youth were recently launched to lay the foundation for an AI-driven future.

4) The Digital India program has also played an important role during COVID-19 status such as Arogya Setu, e-Sanjeevani, sanitization and English NewsPaper social media platforms through MyGov etc.

PM Modi's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan', according to his party's original concept, is an ambitious project aimed not at fighting the ill effects of the Covid-19 epidemic, but rebuilding India of the future.PM has spoken about optimum use of technology. His government has taken some right steps which include adopting state-of-the-art technology and increasing the use of digital technology in the society. It can prove to be the driver of the economy.

Role of Digital India program during COVID-19 epidemic:

Arogya Setu has been developed in 3 weeks with 12 Indian languages under Digital India program during COVID-19 status which has so far been downloaded by nearly 13 crore people. This app has identified more than 350 COVID-19 hotspots.

The MyGov website and social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin have played an important role in making citizens aware of the medium of graphics, videos, quotes for social media to deal with COVID-19.

It is noteworthy that the Government of India is promoting digital literacy at the rural and urban levels to promote the Digital India program so that it can move rapidly from 'traditional economy' to 'digital economy'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched self-reliant India Innovation Challenge, taking further steps towards Digital and Self-Reliant India.The NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Atal Innovation Mission, has launched the Digital India Self-Reliant India Innovation Challenge, under which you will have to create mobile games, social media LATEST NEWS and photo-video editing apps . Under this challenge a maximum reward of up to Rs 20 lakh will be available. The mantra for this challenge is 'Make in India for India and the World'.

Here are diffrent categories:-Office Productivity and Work from Home

social networking

E-learning

Entertainment

Health and wellness

Agritech and Fintech

News

GamesSub-categories of Self-reliant India Innovation Challenge

A facial recognition / body mapping app that allows people to virtually try on matching clothes and eyeglass frames before purchasing.

Real-time speech-to-speech translation and camera translation app

Mobile App for Cloud Email

Image scan, image editing and text recognition app

Apps that facilitate cloud storage that also have the facility to transfer files

Anti-virus app for mobile device

Mobile device cache clearing app

Mobile app for video conferencing

Apps for messaging and video calling

App for micro blogging

News app equipped with machine learning

Mapping app

Mobile based online gaming platform

Photo editing app equipped with all facilities

Being "Digital-India" or "Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan" or "Self-reliant India Campaign" is, in the real sense of the term, the recognition and promotion of the intrinsic strength of Indian entrepreneurship waiting to be freed from the shackles of inextricable tangles of land, labour, liquidity and laws as PM Modi pointed out. Swadeshi should be reinterpreted as a bridge between robust localisation and inevitable globalisation, complementary to one another and not diametrically opposed.