IGNOU MPAP-02 Project – E-Governance Movement in India

E-Governance is not only the new but also the 'new trend' occurring is India. It is the buzz-word in the world. It is fast taking the form of a movement and everybody is talking about it. Several advanced governments of the world have switched over, and many other seem to be switching over to electronic administration. E-Governance, is alternative government. E-Government is government 'any time; any where'. The objective will be to offer all government related services and utilities 'online'. E-Governance is really Enabled government, Effective government and Excellent government.

Objectives

• To build an informed society:- An informed society is an empowered society. Only informed people can make a Government responsible. So providing access to all to every piece of information of the Government and of public importance is one of the basic objective of E-Governance.
• To increase Government and Citizen interaction:- In the physical world, the Government and citizens hardly interact. The amount of feedback from and to the citizens is very negligible. E-governance aims at build a feedback framework, to get feedback from the people and to make the Government aware of people's problems.
• To encourage citizen participation:- True democracy requires participation of each individual citizens. Increased population has led to representative democracy, which is not democracy in the true sense. E-governance aims to restore democracy to its true meaning by improving citizen participation in the governing process, by improving the feedback, access to information and overall purification of the citizens in the decision making.

Topic Covered

• Introduction.
• India's Public Administration: Marching towards E-Governance
• E-Governance in Rural India
• Success, Initiatives, Challenges and Conclusion
• Conclusion
• References