NEW DELHI: The government will appoint nodal officers at key ministries to ensure smooth implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious over Rs 1 lakh crore 'Digital India' programme.

The new posts of 'Chief Information Officers' (CIO) would be created in at least 10 key ministries to supervise the implementation.

Besides, a Digital India Advisory Group (DIAG) would also be created, which will be headed by Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad.

"The positions of CIOs would be created in at least 10 key ministries. Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) would also create four senior positions within the department for managing 'Digital India'," DeitY Secretary RS Sharma said.

DIAG would supervise the implementation of the programme, advise the government on policy issues and strategic interventions necessary for accelerating the implementation of Digital India Programme across Central and State government ministries/departments, he added.

On the role of DeitY in the initiative, Sharma said all the initiatives under the Digital India programme will be coordinated by the Department.

"DeitY would provide its advice during the appraisal of the projects under the Digital India programme. This appraisal would cover issues relating to adoption of standards, utilisation of cloud and mobile platform, consideration of security aspects, etc," he added.

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