WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP NATIONAL STRATEGY
AND FINALISING CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME FOR E-GOVERNANCE BEGINS
A two-day Workshop
to Develop a National Strategy and Finalizing Centrally Sponsored
Schemes for e-Governance opened here today. Senior officers from
States and the Central Government are participating.
In his keynote
address the Secretary, Information Technology, Shri R.R. Shah
said it is time to think big, start small, and scale fast for
e-governance. He said e-governance is an automation of the processes
which will improve efficiency, bring transparency and reduce delays
in decision making. It may also help end corruption, malpractices
and government functioning. He said the three stages in e-governance
is i) breaking the barriers; ii) introduction of single window
system; and iii) to have access to services by citizens anytime
anywhere. Making a presentation on national action plan for e-governance
Mr. Shah said that the guiding principles for national action
plan should be to go into mission mode for integrated activities,
define and target outcomes and not inputs and use private sector
technical and financial resources wherever possible and government
resources whenever necessary.
The Workshop
is a part of the Prime Minister’s announcement on Independence
Day that there is a need to have a comprehensive programme to
accelerate e-governance at all levels of the Government to improve
the efficiency, effectiveness in functioning and bring transparency
and accountability in the system.
