e-Governance is to ease government functioning in order to create Simple, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent governance. The Government of Gujarat (GoG) has come a long way in implementation of the various e-Governance initiatives in the state, in order to adopt the best practices and key reforms.
The evolution of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has brought a whole new paradigm for governance by which we are heading towards ease of living through e-Governance.
The goals of e-Governance are:
a. Better service delivery to citizens
b. Ushering in transparency and accountability
c. Empowering people through information
d. Improved efficiency within Governments
e. Improve interface between business and industry
The need of the hour is to think on how to make the life of our citizens better and easier by using new-age technologies. If you have any suggestion or new idea regarding this then share it here.
Last date of submission is 6th August, 2022.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
Some people believe that e-government is merely a website that could deliver public services through the Internet. This is however an oversimplification of the capacity of e-government.
E-government could be classified as two types:
1. E-services: digital provision of services, programs and information by governments.
2. E-collaboration: Internet or digital communications which could boost participatory public activities like voting or even paying tax.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
Being too costly: Implementing, maintaining and optimizing e-government is not cheap and requires to spend lots of money.
Inaccessibility for all: e-government couldn’t be accessible by all including those who are living in distant regions, or have low rates of literacy and income on the poverty line.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
Higher surveillance and monitoring: Once government implement e-government, people will be compelled to communicate with it on a wider scale electronically. As the government receives more and more information about its citizens, this could possibly lead to a lack of privacy for civilians.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
E-government is not all about advantages but it also has some disadvantages, too. The primary disadvantages of e-government is the absence of public Internet access for all citizens, reliability of the published information on the web by the governmental agencies, and also capabilities of government and its agencies which can affect public opinions potentially.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
Nowadays, companies and people can get information quicker and at any moment of the day in comparison to the past. E-government and its capacity could be available to all people regardless of their place or social level.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
The implementation of e-government could also promote better communications between government and business sectors. For example e-procurement as a subsidiary of e-government services could facilitate communication between G2G and B2B that this will allow smaller businesses to compete with bigger companies in public tenders. Hence the benefit of e-government could be creating open and transparent market and a stronger economy.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
The primary benefit would be replacing and optimizing the Paper Based System while implementing electronic government. That could save lots of time, money and also environment in return due to reducing paper consumption.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
The e-government’s ultimate objective is offering enhanced portfolio of public services in an efficient and cost-effective way to citizens. The e-government also could provide more transparency for the government because it enables the public to be informed about what government is working on and the policies which are enforced.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
The Internet, the personal computers and the mobile phones have revolutionized our lives. This revolutionizing also affects governments through e-government while governments around the world recognize e-government’s importance and benefits and looking for related solutions to optimize their services to the citizens.
SUTHAHAR P 2 years 12 months ago
Hitachi is enabling a seamless digital transformation for its customers through e-Governance initiatives and collaborating with multiple stakeholders including the government. To strengthen the foundations of e-Governance, Hitachi has undertaken projects including digitalisation of land records; the single-window handling of grievances and maintenance of essential services; easing tax payments and government dues; along with internet-based citizen delivery of services.