IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Introduction and Landscape

Why was the report written?

"The Global Biometric Systems Market 2014-2024'' offers the reader detailed analysis of the global biometric systems market over the next ten years, alongside potential market opportunities to enter the industry, using detailed market size forecasts.

The emergence of the Internet in our day to day life and development of information communication technology (ICT) and social acceptance of electronic-commerce has fundamentally altered the mind set in which government delivers services to citizens, businesses or even within inter-government agencies.

Citizen's expectations that government should meet the offerings style of services, as provided by private sector. The concept of efficiently, direct, round-the-clock, 7/24 access to information and services are compelling reasons for the demand of "e-government".

The session was rather unique as it brought together for the first time three current and former secretaries of the department of information technology of the government of India. Their insights on the emerging challenges and opportunities that will shape the IT sector and government at the states and Centre were candid.

At a time of significant societal transition, including drastic changes in economy, climate and demography, e-governance is widely seen as a way to enable multi-disciplinary problem solving, allowing people from different backgrounds to contribute to policy making.

The project will deploy portal infrastructure to provide a platform for content management, document management, workflow and e-Forms, service integration and information and application security for government agencies.

As explained above e-government allows the government to communicate with its citizens at the touch of a button. Additionally it allows people to access government services faster as opposed to previous decades when people had to make long lines in government offices. Before the adoption of e-governance in countries where government offices were centrally located in one major city people had to travel from upcountry in order to get government services.

He was delivering the presidential address at the 7th Alumni meet of the Computer Science Department of the University of Madras on Sunday.

The V-C said that several sectors like banks had seen considerable development with the help of computer-based applications.

"The CSCs would have the ability to provide high quality and cost effective video, voice and data content and services in the areas of e-Governance, education, health, entertainment. They can also offer web-enabled public services like application form download, certificates, payments of electricity, telephone, water and other utility bills in rural areas," said Gaurav Dwivedi, director of Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY).

The extensive use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the fundamental principal of delivery of services in every aspect of life, including various functions of the government. This has resulted in increasing efficiency, creating transparency, and streamlining expenses in the government Organizations. Today, Electronic Governance (popularly referred as e-governance) has emerged as a keyword for all such IT applications that are deployed by government bodies to deliver solutions and information to the masses. Generally, e-governance is considered as "online government"; however, many non-Internet technologies like telephone, fax, SMS, wireless networks and services, CCTVs, tracking systems, biometric identification, road traffic management and enforcement, identity cards, smart cards, etc., can be used in this context.

Now that Modi is at the helm of affairs on the national stage, what he does or does not do is going to have a direct influence on my daily life. Unlike earlier, it’s not just the front page of a newspaper I look forward to, but the news on the inside pages the small stories like the one about there being no more a need for a gazetted officer to get certificates or photo attested every time we fill an application form.

He hoped that the bill will be passed in the Lok Sabha session scheduled to begin on February 5.

“Being a global leader in mobility, Vodafone has worked with governments in many parts of the world. We have a very good understanding of the eGovernance and mGovernance space and we are in a position to partner with the government for taking the vision of Digital India forward,” says Shekhar Agrawal, Senior Vice President, Vodafone India. In conversation with Express Computer

What are your views on financial inclusion schemes that have been rolled out?

To ensure good governance, it is critical to have economic growth that is inclusive in nature. We are very positive about the financial inclusion agenda of the new government. We have been having conversations with government departments about the need of a trustworthy and transparent funds and subsidy disbursement process. Our mobile payment service M-Pesa can be an integral part of public distribution and direct business transfer (DBT) mechanism. Vodafone M-Pesa is the world’s most successful money transfer service. It enables millions of people who have access to a mobile phone, but have only limited access to a bank account, to send and receive money, top-up airtime and make bill payments.

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif got information directly from the divisional commissioners, Irrigation Minister and concerned officials through video conference about the steps taken with regard to possible flood in the province and issued on the spot necessary directions.

The third phase comprised linking of the 72 talathi offices with the digital network thereby completing the e-governance project that was initiated in August 2010 with the setting up the citizens facilitation centre (CFC) at the South Goa collectorate, Margao.

All efforts by the Jammu and Kashmir government to ensure e-governance in the Sate seem to be going in vain as major schemes funded by the Government of India have been grounded before their take-off.

A crucial project worth Rs 53 crore titled ‘State Wide Area Network (SWAN)’ aimed at bringing accountability in the system is stuck in a series of technical hitches, especially the tendering process.

In its bid to make a quantum leap in e-governance, Andhra Pradesh government has struck a deal with IT Major Wipro to build and implement the Andhra Pradesh State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA) in the state.

A memorandum of understanding was reached by the state's information technology, electronics and communications department with the IT company on Monday.