e-Governance in India
this article discussed about e-governance ,models ,successes ,limitations. before that what is e-governance
e-governance
E-governance may be understood as the performance of this governance via the electronic medium in order to facilitate an efficient, speedy and transparent process of disseminating information to the public, and other agencies, and for performing government administration activities
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) has been formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The Union Government approved the NeGP, comprising of 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) and 10 components on May 18, 2006.
The NeGP aims at improving delivery of Government services to citizens and businesses with the following vision:
"Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man.
In the year 2011, 4 projects - Health, Education, PDS and Posts were introduced to make the list of 27 MMPs to31 mission model projects
Services/applications:
The objective of the National e-Governance Plan is to bring public services closer home to citizens, as articulated in the Vision Statement of NeGP.
There are three kinds of services that are being extended by the Government:
1.G2C or Government to Citize Services(accessed by the Citizens) 2.G2B or Government to Business Services (accessed by the Businesses) 3.G2G or Government to Government Services (accessed by Government Departments)
Infrastructure:
State Wide Area Network (S.W.A.N.)
SWAN is envisaged as the converged backbone network for data, voice and video communications throughout a State/UT with the following salient features:
* One PoP at each State / District / Block Headquarter
* Each PoP has Configurable Aggregation Equipment to enable vertical & horizontal connectivity
* Gateway to NICNET (National Backbone) for Inter-State connectivity
* State/ NIC would receive discounted price for BSNL BW cost (MoU signed)
State Data Centre
State Data Centre (SDC) has been identified as one of the important element of the core infrastructure for supporting e-Governance initiatives of National eGovernance Plan (NeGP).
Under NeGP, it is proposed to create State Data Centres for the States to consolidate services, applications and infrastructure to provide efficient electronic delivery of G2G, G2C and G2B services. These services can be rendered by the States through common delivery platform seamlessly supported by core Connectivity Infrastructure such as State Wide Area Network (SWAN) and Common Service Centre (CSC) connectivity extended up to village level. State Data Centre would provide many functionalities and some of the key functionalities are Central Repository of the State, Secure Data Storage, Online Delivery of Services, Citizen Information/Services Portal, State Intranet Portal, Disaster Recovery, Remote Management and Service Integration etc. SDCs would also provide better operation & management control and minimize overall cost of Data Management, IT Resource Management, Deployment and other costs.
Department of Information Technology (DIT) has formulated the Guidelines to provide Technical and Financial assistance to the States for setting up State Data Centre. These Guidelines also include the implementation options that can be exercised by the State to establish the SDC.
3. NSDG
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Govt. of India aims to make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man. One of the goals of the Government to meet this vision is the need to cooperate, collaborate and integrate information across different departments in the Centre, States and Local Government. Government systems characterized by islands of legacy systems using heterogeneous platforms and technologies and spread across diverse geographical locations, in varying state of automation, make this task very challenging. The National e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway (NSDG), a MMP under the NeGP, can simplify this task by acting as a standards-based messaging switch and providing seamless interoperability and exchange of data across.
4. Common Services Centres
The CSCs would provide high quality and cost-effective video, voice and data content and services, in the areas of e-governance, education, health, telemedicine, entertainment as well as other private services. A highlight of the CSCs is that it will offer web-enabled e-governance services in rural areas, including application forms, certificates, and utility payments such as electricity, telephone and water bills.In addition to the universe of G2C services, the CSC Guidelines envisage a wide variety of content and services that could be offered as listed below:
* Agriculture Services (Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Veterinary)
* b) Education & Training Services (School, College, Vocational Education, Employment, etc.)
* Health Services (Telemedicine, Health Check-ups, Medicines)
* Rural Banking & Insurance Services (Micro-credit, Loans, Insurance)
* Entertainment Services (Movies, Television)
* Utility Services (Bill Payments, Online bookings)
* Commercial Services (DTP, Printing, Internet Browsing, Village level BPO).
Projects
NeGP comprises 31 mission mode projects (MMPs), which are further classified as
1.central mmps
2.state mmps
3.integrated mmps
Central MMPs
State MMPs
Integrated MMPs
Advantages
1. this e-governance mainly based on IT infrastructure in which we are better
2. e-governance makes all services to common man
3 .more efficiency
4. more transparency
5. service cost is less and time saving plan
Disadvantages
1 .privacy issues
2. technical issues
3. biometric issues
4 .digital signature issue
5. legal issues(it act, privacy act)
6. security issues(our data)
7.payment problems
8.Moreover this e-governance interlinking between state and central departments ministries there might be conflicts
9. more money needed for implementation
Details:
P.Sankara prasad Reddy
urls
1. http://india.gov.in/e-governance
2. http://deity.gov.in/content/national-e-governance-plan
3. The hindu
4. Yojana
