e-Governance and ICT
"ICTs ( Information and Communication Technology ) are effectively showing new dimensions to old institutional setups. There is a reinforced thrust for an informed and participatory citizenry for efficient egovernance. It goes without saying that impact of ICT on institutional changes is fast spreading across the boundaries of social and political arrangements of societies."
e-Governance is the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for delivering Government Services, exchange of information, communication transactions, integration various stand-alone systems and services between Government and Citizens (G2C), Government and Business (G2B) as well as back office processes and interactions within the entire Government frame work. Through the e-Governance, the Government services will be made available to the citizens in a convenient, efficient and transparent manner. The Government being the service provider, it is important to motivate the employees for delivering the services through ICT. To achieve this, the Government employees are being trained on technology and started realising the advantage of ICT. The aim is to make them thorough with e-Governance applications and responsive to the technology driven administration.
What does E-Governance seek to achieve
- Efficiency
- Transparency
- Citizen's participation
- Good governance
- Trust and Accountability
- Citizen's awareness and empowerment
- Citizen's welfare
- Democracy
- Nation's economic growth
ICT is the biggest enabler of change and process reforms with minimum resistance. Decades of attempts for government and process reforms fade in face of what ICT has achieved in few years. People would not so readily accept process change but in the name of ICT they do.
+ Articles on enabling e-Governance through ICT
| Enabling ICT for Rural India by National Informatics Centre | - | A report which explains the problems facing rural use of ICT and to make recommendations to improve usage. | ||
| Citizen Service Centres: Ensuring efficient delivery of services | - | Describes the ICT-enabled outlet set-up to bring access to a range of services | ||
| Research shows how ICTs can help poor get better access to government services | - | The role of ICTs in enabling people, to have better access to pro-poor government services | ||
| E-governance in India | - | Article about governance mechanism through ICT applications | ||
| India's Move To E-Governance Exposes Ancient System Flaws | - | Article about egovernance and Information technology |