Why should e-governance be implemented ?

1. HUL 291: Electronic Governance
P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan
MS 624 | vignesh@hss.iitd.ac.in
http://egroups.google.co.in/egov_iitd
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2. Agenda
• Potential benefits & Impact
– Increased transparency & reduced corruption
– Improved service delivery
– Empowerment of rural communities
– Improving govt. finances
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3. 1. Increased transparency & reduced
corruption
• Dissemination of rules & regulations to wider
audience
• Disclosure of public assets, budget & procurement
information
• Civil servant’s decisions available to public
• Online monitoring of transactions
• Automation to control gatekeepers
• Eliminate intermediaries
• Example: CVC or GoI Schemes
• Teachers’ transfers in Karnataka
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4. 2. Improved service delivery
• Less time to complete transactions
• Reduction of transaction cost
• Delivery to larger amount of population
• Improve efficiency of civil servants by
automating
• Eliminate staff redundancy
• Example: Goa e‐filing
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5. 3. Empowerment of rural communities
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• New channel to communities to receive
information & services
• Reducing brokerage power of intermediaries
• Inclusion of disadvantaged people (women)
• Example: Akshaya Centers & Insurance

6. 4. Improving govt. finances
• Reducing costs of transactions for govt.
processes
• Increasing revenues by improving audit
functions
• Providing better control of expenditure
• Example: Khajane in Karnataka
– NIC
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7. References
• Bhatnagar, S. (2004). Egovernment, New
Delhi: Sage, p.37‐60
• Sharma Photstats
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8. • Thank you!
Clarifications
Questions
Comments
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9. Central Vigilance Commission <<
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10. GoI Schemes <<
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11. National Informatics Center <
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