As e-Government has grown in India, it has gone beyond computerizing government departments including important elements of governance, such as citizen-centredness, service orientation, and transparency.
e-Governance initiatives for States- As part of promoting e-government, several state governments have developed a roadmap outlining the implementation of information technology and e-service delivery. With the focus on using local languages, the applications have been designed for the provision of services from government to citizens, government to businesses, and government to governments. States may identify up to five additional State-specific Mission Mode Projects (relevant to the economy of their state). Such inclusions are taken into account on the advice of the concerned Line Ministries/Departments when Central Assistance is required. MMPs exist in the following areas: agriculture, business taxes, e-District, labor exchange, land records, municipalities, Gram Panchayat, police, roads, and treasuries. In addition to MMPs, the States have other e-Government initiatives.
National Plan for e-Governance - Taking a holistic approach to e-Government, the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) combines initiatives across the country into a common vision. In order to achieve this, a massive countrywide infrastructure reaching even the most remote villages is evolving, and records are being digitized on a massive scale to make access to the internet simple and reliable.
A government proposal has also been put forward to implement “e-Kranti: National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) 2.0" with a vision to transform e-government in order to transform governance. It has also taken into account the need to leverage emerging technologies such as Cloud and Mobile Platform and focus on the integration of services.
E-Panchayat- PRIs are handicapped by an absence of resources, a lack of technical capability, and an extremely low level of computerization. Because of this, PRIs have not fully realized their potential as the preferred delivery channel for State and Centre schemes and citizen services. However, much of the e-governance revolution has yet to affect the PRI significantly. The NIC has primarily focused on PRI information over the years. Therefore, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, the Government of India, decided to pursue the computerization of PRI as a mission.
E-District- DIT, Government of India, is the nodal ministry for the e-District, which is one of 31 Mission Mode Projects under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). In this project, state-wide area networks (SWAN), state data centers (SDDC), and Taking advantage of backend computerization to enable electronic delivery of high volume citizen-focused government services that will enable districts to deliver government services to citizens at their doorstep. This would utilize state-wide area networks (SWANs), state data centers (SDCs), and common service centers (CSCs).
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems- This multi-level policing initiative aim to create a comprehensive and integrated system to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and policing at all levels, particularly at the Police Station level, by adopting the principles of e-Governance and constructing a nationwide network for the development of a modern state-of-the-art tracking system.
Public Distribution System- It is intended to computerize the PDS as an end-to-end project, covering key functional areas such as supply chain management, including allocation and utilization reporting, food grain storage and movement, grievance redressal, and transparency portal, digitization of the beneficiary database, and automation of the Fair Price Shop.
