The award was presented to Mr M N Rao, the advisor and director of department of information technology of the Goa government, at a function held at New Delhi today. The other states in the region are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Goa was selected on the basis of its e-governance roadmap, creation of basic infrastructure (like broadband network aimed at reaching every household), establishment of state data centres, creation of integrated citizens service centres, development of single official portal, and initiative for creation of IT centres in every village.
The selection of Goa as the best e-governed state was done following a survey done by IDC India Ltd and Cyber Media India Ltd on the basis of the projects initiated by the government and the progress made by it as per the plans drawn by it over the last one year.
The other factors considered for selection of Goa by two surveying firms was computerisation of various government departments being taken up by the Information Technology Corporation of Goa.
Mr Rao told ‘The Navhind Times’ that the focus of the government through its e-governance initiatives was to reach citizens of the state, including providing them the connectivity and services.
He also said that the initiatives of the Goa government at total e-governance were being keenly observed by central and other state governments. He also said that the state government was planning at faster implementation of its plans.
The IT department director also said that other things considered by the surveying firms were the government efforts towards creation of jobs suitable to local youth by starting appropriate IT-enabled services and BPOs through announcement of IT policy and projects made in the IT parks.
Quelle/Source: The Navhind Times, 01.03.2007
