LOK SABHA
Government has taken
several measures to promote E-Governance and the use of Information
Technology in the Central and State Governments. Stating this
in a written reply to a question raised by Dr. V. Saroja in the
Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State for Communications and
Information Technology, Dr. Sanjay Paswan informed the Members
that the Planning Commission has constituted a Working Group on
Convergence and E-Governance for the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007)
and the minimum agenda for E-Governance in the Ministries/Departments
of the Central Government has been prepared.
The Minister stated
that in the last two years, there has been considerable increase
in the use of Internet to access Government information. More
and more Government Departments/Ministries at the Centre and the
State level are publishing information on the web. Interactive
services like downloadable forms, online feedback, public grievance
submission and other similar services are being made available
through the Internet. As per the information available from National
Informatics Centre (NIC) who are providing these services, 40%-50%
growth has been observed on an average in the usage of Internet
in the Government sector.
The Minister added
to inform that presently, most of the on-line Government services
provided over Internet are related to dissemination of information
such as Public Exam results, Government forms, tender notices,
information about Government Departments, etc. This does not require
any personal information from users to access these sites. However,
with the coming of transaction based Government services in a
year or two safety/security aspect will be an important concern
within the purview of IT Act 2000.
