Category

Technology & Digital

Digital public infrastructure, data, telecom and AI.

Sub-categories

Evidence points in this category, by party

Technology & Digital: points by partySorted by points per year in this category. Order is not a verdict; look at the ranges and the number of actions behind each figure.
PartyPoints per yearTotal pointsRange (total)Actions scored
BJP+0.69+10.5+10.1 to +10.91 Low data
INC+0.26+13.6+13.0 to +14.22

Parties with under 2 years in power are left out because a per-year figure over so short a time swings widely; their entries are listed below.

Low data: fewer than 2 scored actions credited to the party in this category.

Coverage by party

Entries in this category by the party that led the government responsible. Zero is shown so gaps are visible.

No dossiers are published in this category yet. Dossiers are unscored fact files; they carry no party points.

Actions in Technology & Digital

  • ImplementedBJP

    Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the national Aadhaar identity programme

    A 12-digit biometric-linked identity number begun by the Planning Commission in 2009 and given statutory backing in 2016; the Supreme Court upheld the Act in 2018 while limiting mandatory linking.

    Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)

  • ImplementedJD

    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) established

    An independent regulator was set up from 20 February 1997 to take over telecom tariff regulation from the Central Government; a dispute tribunal (TDSAT) was split off from it in January 2000.

    Evidence points +15.0 (range +14.0 to +16.0)

  • ImplementedINC

    Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) 1984

    The government set up C-DOT in August 1984 as an autonomous R&D centre with a 36-month, Rs 36 crore goal to develop digital switching systems, including rural exchanges, in India.

    Evidence points +11.5 (range +11.0 to +12.0)