By Kameshwaran Elangovan

It would be very difficult to explain to someone that today, the Indian government has a system where every citizen has a unique ID number and can authenticate himself using fingerprints with a network system that works across multiple divisions like tax return, accounts banking, and even mobile phone SIM cards. Such is the impact of technology in the territory of governance. More often than not, the government has always been slow and steady in adopting any new technology, but when it does, it does so with perfection and also ensures that the “digital divide” is kept as close to zero as possible.

We’ve come a long way from the Internet age and are seeing a new technology space that is digital first. This age of connectivity…