On Digital India

Observe the scheme carefully and how it operates...

Every Tom Dick and Harry in Electronics manufacturing announces a new plant for manufacturing X with capacity of Y/annum.Then a few days later, he writes op-eds and holds Press Conferences asking for a favorable duty structure. Government functionaries scared of a Modi pull up over not concentrating on Digital India in 'Mission Mode' usually acquiescence.
Digital India is brought up by every buffoon in the cabinet as a panacea to all ills and structural problems in Indian Industry. He/she is portrayed as a visionary minister using tech to solve problems by his media managers.
The government then announces that it will be investing N thousand crores in Telecom Infrastructure to enable the PM's Digital India dream to come true. Again statements are put out by Industry Leaders saying that Digital India is extremely important to India's future. 
Retards write op-eds on how improved connectivity due to government investment will enable Tier 2 cities to reach their full potential. What these baptist- bootlegger alliance of retards and buffons have managed to do is create an atmosphere wherein there is a general public demand for such badly structured investment.
To buttress the point the Digital India is amruta, new uses are pointed out- eliminating information asymmetries in Agricultural Markets (while continuously ignoring who caused those information asymmetries in the 1st place- government regulation in the form of APMC acts and ESMA ). The public- especially the middle class lap it up.
What is ignored is that government investment in this sector is 'needed' not because private players are not willing to invest there. They are! What prevents them from doing so is the amount of kickbacks they would have to shell out to government officials in the Center, State and Local Municipalities. There is also a general hysteria over telecom towers which governments have to mollify in the form of higher standards for towers. And as you all know, private players do a much better and efficient job then the white elephant BSNL.
So, the next time you read about how visionary this scheme is, remember that it is your tax money which is being wasted.
Ive written a bit on Telecom Markets in my post on Net Neutrality. Do check it out.http://notyetlokayata.blogspot.in/2015/04/on-net-neutrality-fracas.html