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International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS) Web Site: www.ijettcs.org Email: [email protected] Volume 5, Issue 1, January - February 2016 ISSN 2278-6856

INTERNET VOTING SYSTEM AND DIGITAL INDIA Anooja A Research Scholar (CS), Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur

Abstract: The main challenge of voting in India is people

Current scenario of Internet Users:

taking less interest to cast vote due to visit a polling booth to cast votes. The development of computer networks, fibre optic cables, increasing number of boothsand internetimprove the facility of online voting. Onlinevoting increases the quantity of voter to cast votes in parliament and municipal elections. This article shows how government project digital India performs major role to increase quantity of voters.

Keywords: Online, Government, Internet, Digital India.

Election,

Voters,

Introduction: As compare to Traditional voting techniques paper vote, punch card vote, ballot systems etc.OVS provides better voting system such as correctness, comfort, flexible, privacy, verifiability and mobility but have various weaknesses like Time consuming, paper work, No direct role of officials, Machine damage, no updates. These weak points are sort by online Voting System. Online Voting System (OVS) is system through which any Voter can cast his/her vote from anywhere. Who will lead us?????  Election is a basic idea for choosing leaders or representatives of any country.  Leadership depends on opinion or choice of democracy.  Everyone is independent for selection  Selection of perfect leader with security is very major and difficult task.  Who have citizenship of India and who have more than 18 years age are eligible for vote.  Voting is a right for every citizen.  Voting is not a new process and its applicable for small org. to country. Current scenario of voters[1]:

Chart No. 1 Broadband Users in million CHART NO 1 & 2-TELECOM MINISTRY: WRONG CLAIMS, BAD MATHS AND DIGITAL INDIA- BROADBAND USERS [2] INCREASE BY 63% REPORT

STATE THAT THROUGH

GROWTH RATE

BROADBAND

DIGITAL INDIA MISSION 63% ON

USERS INCREASE BY

ONE YEAR.

Chart No. 2 Growth Rate GLOBAL PICTURE OF INTENET VOTING: Internet voting firstly introduced in US on 2000. Fourteen countries have now used Internet voting. Four countries are using Internet voting these are- Canada, France, Estonia and Switzerland. Estonia is only country who provide internet voting to the entire country. Online voting differs according to scope and functionality of any country and each online voting system differs as per requirement. Estonia • Nearly a 1/4 of all votes cast online from 2005 to 2009 • ID Card combined with pin code, Digital ID or Mobile ID etc. Switzerland • In Geneva on 2003 firstly online voting used Canada

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International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS) Web Site: www.ijettcs.org Email: [email protected] Volume 5, Issue 1, January - February 2016 ISSN 2278-6856 • Municipal electionsare also casted online • Online ballots are offered by Markham in local elections • Overall turnout increased 10% between 2006 and 2010 ONLINE VOTING IN INDIA: Some Government programs like Digital India/EBasta/Skill India/ National Optical Fiber Network/Google balloonsnot only develop the countries but also increase internet users in India.  In India Gujarat started online voting.  All six municipal corporations of Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar offering online voting. Online Voting Platform firstly given by K.C.Kapoor • Online Voting System (OVS) introduced by Gujarat State Election Commission along with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for Gujarat State which can be used for Municipal Corporation / Municipality Election .[9] •

SEC had made online voting option available for voters in 2010 and 2015.

ONLINE VOTING TECHNIQUE IN INDIA: 1. A Citizen registered at Internet doesn’t have his name in the list of voters at any polling booth. 2. In Online voting a citizen can cast his vote only once in every election means after casting once citizen’s account doesn’t login again until next election comes. 3. Citizen ID’s and Password will be provided by council of election commission only, means no sign up link on the website. 4. A citizen can change his password. Step 1: To avail the online voting, firstly voters register through http://sec.gujarat.gov.in/ website. Step 2: Physical verification and Apart from voter ID and other proof, biometric details and the hardware configuration of the laptop or desktop that will be used for voting are also noted by officials.. Step 3:On election time voters have to use same device for voting. Step 4:One time password(OTP) is generated for casting vote which will be verified online. Then the voter will be allowed to cast the vote online[4]. GAP ANALYSIS:  Biometric details  Same Device  Whole Proofs etc SCOPE: A Scope survey shows general election polling system failed because voters queuing outside polling stations, disabled people will continue to struggle to exercise their

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right to vote.In Gujarat Voting system main drawback is to use same device for voting means lacking the facility voter can cast from anywhere. India do not have enough resources to organize voting and enough time to mail paper ballots abroad and get them back in time for vote counting, hence they are promoting Online voting.Election Commission considering online voting arrangement for NRIs as well as disable peoples. DIGITAL INDIA SUPPORTS ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM: Methodology: As per the report of the Forrester global online population forecast for 2014 to 2019[5], in 2013, 206 million online users in India, nearly half are mobile-only Internet users. This number will only increase in the future as more people in rural India access Internet through their mobile devices first. According to report Digital India: for digitally empowered society and knowledge economy states[6] that Project uses some proven technologies like Cloud, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Analytics, Mobile (web-based interface). Today, Indians live in an era of Smart Phones, Internet and social technologies and they are powered by cloud. Cloud Technique is to be promoted. As per the report of Suresh Venkatachari in Budget: Incentivise innovations to drive Digital India costeffectively [7] the Union Cabinet provide Rs.1 lakh crore to take it forward and complete by 2019, connecting the rural areas and bringing all under the same network. This programme is expected to provide Broadband services to 2.5 lakh villages and 4 lakh public internet access points. Mobile Phones are used as a backbone to make this program successful. The department of telecommunications C-DOT, launched broadband products developed for the Digital India initiativeTen states including Maharashtra, Madhya Prasad, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Haryana and Chhattisgarh, are ready to facilitate. Today, Indians live in an era of Smart Phones, Internet and social technologies and they are powered by cloud.  Long Distance WI Fi systems have developed to extends Wi-Fi and IP connectivity to the remote parts of India in a less cost and power-efficient manner, and it’s able to provide 100 Mbps broadband speed.  The solar-powered Wi-Fi system operates in bands of 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. It’s specifically designed for outdoor environments where there is no guarantee for continuous power like in rural areas, hilly areas, highways and in tunnels. It can also be used as link for Wi-Fi hot spots, cellular base stations, ATMs etc.  While the 100 GBPS OFC link will used for increasing demand of superior bandwidth, high speed and power efficiency.  C-DOT’s less expensive next generation network (NGN) solution used for changing telecom scenario and enables to make a smooth transition Page 63

International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS) Web Site: www.ijettcs.org Email: [email protected] Volume 5, Issue 1, January - February 2016 ISSN 2278-6856 through time division multiplexing (TDM) technology to advanced Voice over Internet Protocol Telecom technology.

Figure 1: Pillars of digital India Source: Come on India, it’s time to make a digitally empowered Society: Digital India[3] When these initiatives Broadband highways, Public Internet Access, E-Kranti, E-Governance, IT Jobs, Electronic Manufacturing and Information for all (www.chaptersfrommylife.com) will reach the rural India, we will see a drastic modernity in our country. With the rise of Digital India tackling corruption is also going to be a lot easier. Digital India is a dream project of the government blessing for the citizens of India could help in connecting the various past and present projects to bring India to a global platform. Through this project government services are available for urban and rural citizens digitally or electronically. It will help to digital innovation and create positive impact in the people lives rural and urban. It will also attract people as well as to vote online. DIGITAL FUTURE: Report of Serving India’s Digital Consumer (2013) CII AT Kearney White Paper on Serving India’s Digital Consumer [8] states some happenings in a digital India estimated by 2020 600 Million Mobile Internet Users  200 Million Broadband Connected Devices  300 Million of users of instant messaging Services  900 Million monthly app downloads  80 Million annual m-commerce purchases  40%-50% Smartphone Penetration

References: [1.] Modi Wave: Did voters really punish Congress in 2014?http://guruprasad.net/posts/modi-wave-didvoters-really-punish-congress-in-2014/ [2.] #DigitalIndia- Broadband users increase by 63% #Infographics. http://www.niticentral.com/category/infographics/pag e/2 [3.] Come on India, it’s time to make a digitally empowered society : Digital Indiahttps://musingsofjonty.wordpress.com/20 15/03/30/come-on-india-its-time-to-make-a-digitallyempowered-society-digital-india [4.] After compulsory voting, Gujarat now offers the online option: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/indiaothers/after-compulsory-voting-gujarat-now-offersthe-online-option [5.] Amazon India And Flipkart Are Betting Big On India eCommerce Growth http://blogs.forrester.com/jitender_miglani/14-08-06 amazon_india_and_flipkart_are_betting_big_on_indi a_ecommerce_growth [6.] Digital India: for digitally empowered society and knowledge economy http://india.gov.in/spotlight/digital-india-digitallyempowered-society-and-knowledgeeconomy#tab=tab-1 [7.] Venkatachar, Suresh; Budget: Incentivise innovations to drive Digital India cost-effectively, http://www.vccircle.com/byinvitation/2015/02/25/bud get-incentivize-innovations-drive-digital-india-costeffectively [8.] CII - AT Kearney White Paper on Serving India’s Digital Consumer http://www.slideshare.net/ConfederationOfIndianIndu stry/cii-at-serving-indias-digital-consumer. [9.] October 2012 ~ Gujarat News by Gujarat Voice | Ahmedabad http://www.gujaratvoice.com/2012_10_01_archive.ht ml

CONCLUSION: The Digital India programme are looking promising and will revolute the voting sector through the internet and broadband to remote corners of India. It’s not only increase number of voters and will also explore modern voting system. After implementing the dream Project “Digital India” India would become a very powerful in the digital world. Digital India Project innovate rural India and big revolution in voting country wide. The entire scenario of India is changing through Internet services and better voting system.

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