The Digital Revolution, which started in the latter half of the 20th century, is an ongoing shift from analog to digital technologies. It was accelerated in 1980 through the Internet and continued with mobile devices, social networking, big data and computing clouds. In India, the Digital India campaign was launched to make government services available to citizens electronically and to empower the country digitally.

The Government of India has implemented the "Digital India" initiative in 2015, which recently received reforms to promote semiconductor, electronic, drone manufacturing, and digital commerce (ONDC). Additionally, the government is investing in quality internet, digital payments, and data centers. It is expecting 5G to contribute US$450 billion to the economy in the next 15 years, with 3GW of capacity in data centers by 2024.

India's government launched the Digital India programme in July 2015 with the goal of transforming the country into a knowledge-based economy with strong digital capabilities. This was the beginning of the country's digital revolution. The purpose of the Digital India programme, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is to enhance the lives of ordinary people digitally.

The Indian economy has already benefited from the digital revolution by being more adaptable to the times. Future projections indicate that India's digital economy will help the country reach its target of a $5 trillion GDP. As one of the nine pillars of digital India, the Public Internet Access Programme is also important. India is one of the top two countries in the world for digital adoption, and by 2023, its digital economy is expected to reach $1 trillion.

We are currently experiencing the so-called "digital era," a period of fast technological development driven by digital technologies. Economies and society are changing as a result of new technology. The 1980s marked the beginning of the current era of the digital revolution. Additionally, it heralds the start of the Information Era, also known as the Third Industrial Revolution. Instead of being at the start of Industry 4.0, we are currently in the second part of the digital (fifth technological) revolution, where the digitization of the world's networked economy is dominant.