- 8.1 million Telemedicine consultations under e-Sanjeevani
- Nearly 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines
- Need for database of Farmers with IDs
- Digital Solutions like FRUITS, Kisan Sarathi, e-NAM, and Soil Health Card set to revolutionize India Digital Agriculture Ecosystem
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Aarogya Setu, the government mobile app developed for tracking coronavirus patients has done it again! After becoming the world’s fastest app to reach 5 crore downloads in just 13 days, it has now added another feather to its crown by touching a whopping 216 million downloads.
Dr. R. S. Sharma, CEO, NHA shared the insights on CO-WIN and its scale leading to delivery of 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccinations. in the first thematic session held on ‘Health Stack’ on the second day of the ‘India Stack Knowledge Exchange’as part of Digital India Week celebrations, “India Stack Knowledge Exchange” is being organized virtually from July 7 to 9.He informed that the platform is robust enough to handle a peak of 25 Million API on the day.
Dr Praveen Gedam, Addl. CEO, NHA & Mission Director, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) explained the ABDM and emphasized Electronic Health Record and its role in creating a digital health ecosystem. Dr. Seema Khanna, DDG, NIC shared the genesis of Aarogya Setu, its impact in terms of 216 Million downloads and how the privacy concerns have been taken care of. Dr. Sanjay Sood, Project Director, CDAC shared his insights on e-Sanjeevani, a telemedicine solution that has benefitted 8.1 Million consultations.
This was followed by two parallel thematic sessions titled ‘AgriStack’ and ‘Technology Stack for Skilling’.J. Satyanarayana, Chief Advisor, C4IR India, World Economic Forum delivered the keynote address on “IDEA- India Digital Ecosystem for Agriculture”. He articulated the challenges faced by the farm sector in India and the value-based approach of IDEA. He emphasised on moving from “system thinking” to “ecosystem thinking” with IDEA. Panelists deliberated upon the need for a farmer’s database, farmer ID, integration of farmer centric systems and databases. The challenges in identifying real farmers and targeted delivery of services were discussed along with dynamic solutions facilitated through FRUITS (Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System). The soil health card workflow, its coverage on pan-India basis, success stories and potential use cases were discussed. Electronic National Agriculture Market (E-NAM), its coverage across 1260 agriculture markets across 25 States and UTs were explained. Mobile based app called M4AGRI and KisanSarathi and its operational status in 6 NER States were covered. The panel concluded that integration of agri-related systems is the way forward as envisaged under IDEA.
Dr. Jaideep Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, MeitY moderated the Technology Stack for Skilling. Mr. HemangJani, Secretary, Capacity Building Commission, Ms.DeepaliUpadhyay, Director-AIM (NITI Aayog), and Ms.Kirti Seth, CEO, NASSCOM – Future Skills, graced the sessions as panelists and put forth their views on Mission KarmaYogi, Atal Tinkering Lab, FutureSkills Prime, Digital Literacy, Capacity Building through Technology. It was also shared in the session that 9800+ Atal Tinkering Labs were only possible due the technology stack and other platforms developed by the government and external agencies.
The last session of the day was on the theme ‘Digital Inclusion and Connecting Unconnected’. Panelists contemplated the challenges associated with digital inclusion and deep-dived into discussions on MyGov, CSC, UMANG and mSeva App Store. The panel concluded that technical challenge is not the critical factor in enabling effective delivery of services, but it really takes a lot of effort to bring process reengineering, change management & capacity building of stakeholders.