E-Governance
Government of Rajasthan : Online BPL census
June 03, 2008, PC Quest
The Rajasthan Government had launched a project to have a web based monitoring system for the Below Poverty Line family census in the state. The article profiles the challenges and achievements of the project through a series of questions and their coresponding answers.
AP govt to launch portal about departments, schemes
June 13, 2008, The Economic Times
The Andhra Pradesh government is all set to launch an integrated portal which will contain information on all development schemes across departments. Citizens can obtain information on the various stages on implementation of development schemes. The government also aims to publish an e-gazette on the Internet very soon. The portal has been created by Centre for Good Governance.
Decrypting e-governance: Narratives, power play and participation in the Gyandoot Intranet
2007, T T Sreekumar, The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries - Vol. 32
This study takes a critical look at the view that e-governance is an administrative innovation facilitated by the application of ICTs. It argues instead that e-governance should be conceived as a complex social process involving attitudinal change as well as a transformation of the traditional forms of governmentality. The empirical part of the study comes from field research conducted in Madhya Pradesh, India on Gyandoot, an intranet based government to citizen (G2C) service delivery portal.
Changed governance or computerized governance? Computerized property transfer processes in Tamil Nadu, India
2008, Radha Vasudevan, MIT Press Journal
The government of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is plagued by a bloated workforce, low levels of transparency and accountability, high levels of corruption, and poor quality of public services. Does e-government really meet such governance challenges? Tamil Nadu’s first major e-government project, STAR, uses ICTs in the administrative processes relating to sale, mortgage, lease of real estate properties, providing title search reports, and allied services.
Indian Government brings e-Governance services to panchayat levels
January 21, 2008, E-Gov
In its recommendations submitted to the minister, the Expert Committee on Information Technology for Local Government in India has highlighted the key role of ICTs in multi-mode training and capacity building. This has to be read in the context of India venturing into an ambitious e-Governance programme where around Rs. 5,400 crores is going to be spent over the next three years on the computerisation of 2,50,000 local government bodies alone.
E-Government systems in developing countries: Stakeholders and conflict
2005, Rahul De, Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore
With the widespread deployment of e-government systems in developing countries, and also their high failure rates, it is important to understand the complex processes that underlie successful implementations of large-scale information systems. This paper develops a framework for stakeholder groups and uses this to analyse conflict and resistance in four case examples of implemented e-government systems in India.
India to collect and upload data on villages
November 13, 2007, Sunil Raman, BBC News
India, which is home to more than 500,000 villages has embarked on an ambitious programme to collect data about these villages. This exercise, when completed, will result in the social and economic data about this vast section of the population stored in a centralised database which will be easily accessible.
Gujarat Is the best e-governed state
December 5, 2007, EFY News Network
The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance awards have been instituted with the aim of identifying states and organisations who have successfully utilised ICT in discharging their functions. The article lists the awardees for the current year among whom the standout performer is Gujarat which emerged as the best E-Governed state.
Right to Information Act: Strengthen the mechanism
December 26, 2007, Saumitra Mohan, Deccan Herald
The RTI Act in India was regarded as a watershed in area of increasing transparency in government. The article reviews how the RTI facility is faring two years after it had been introduced. While it is undeniable that the act has empowered the Indian citizen to gain insight into government activities and projects affecting them, the pace of RTI implementation across all government agencies still leaves a lot to be desired.
Evaluation of E-government systems: Project assessment vs development assessment
2006, Rahul De, Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore
E-governance has gained in considerable importance in recent years and is touted as a panacea for a host of ills in the present system. In this light, proper evaluation of such systems are essential to assess the true impact of the projects. The paper contends that current evaluation concentrates primarily on the project design and implementation, thus ignoring the larger context of development and related issues.
