‘Alliance for Digital Bharat’ to boost Digital India

NEW DELHI : In a bid to develop conducive atmosphere for digitalisation in non-corporate sector, prominent stakeholders of economy have come forward to form the ‘Alliance for Digital Bharat’. The Alliance includes national organisations of traders, transporters, consumers,farmers, hawkers, SMEs, self-employed groups etc. Proposed GST which is designed to be based on a digital platform coupled with various moves of the Government to encourage cashless economy has necessitated the formation of an alliance which will become a common market in line with keeping at par, the goods & services in proposed GST. At a conference held today in New Delhi, the Alliance launched a nationwide advocacy campaign to extend support to encourage digitalisation among different verticals of non-corporate sector. The Alliance’s objectives includes raising awareness levels, among its constituent, other such newer technologies, for the benefit of small business owners, largely include online marketplaces, ecommerce, digital payments, mobile wallets, cloud based accounting software and comprehensive use of social media for the purpose of aggressive marketing of smaller businesses.