eGovernance in India

Are we lagging behind the World? I dont think so, not atleast on paper. This is the list of eGovernance initiatives from India as reported in compendium of eGovernance by UNPAN. No wonder most of them are based in the capital [NCR].

Sno	eGovernance Project	Agency/Institution	Link to UN Report
1.	Web-based Blood Bank Management System	Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Delhi	Link to UN Report
2.	Computerized Bus Pass System	Delhi Transport Corporation	Link to UN Report
3.	Management Information System for Education	Education Department, Government of Delhi	Link to UN Report
4.	Public Distribution Management Systems	Department of Food and Supplies, Government of Delhi	Link to UN Report
5.	Tender Notice Information System	Department of Administrative Reform, Government of Delhi	Link to UN Report
6.	Gyandoot: Community-owned Rural Intranet Kiosks	Dhar District Administration, Government of Madhyapradesh	Link to UN Report
7.	Central Vigilance Commission Website	CVC, Union Government	Link to UN Report
8.	FRIENDS: The Online Citizen Payment	Department of IT & Services, Government of Kerala	Link to UN Report
9.	The E-district	Government of Tamilnadu	Link to UN Report
10.	Bhoomi: The Online Delivery of Land Titles	Department of Revenue, Government of Karnataka	Link to UN Report
11.	Single Window Cell	Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board, Government of Andhrapradesh	Link to UN Report
12.	Wired Village Project: Facilitating the Sugar Cane Production Process	National Informatics Center & Government of Maharastra	Link to UN Report
13.	Agricultural Marketing Information Network –AGMARKNET	Ministry of Agriculture, Union Government	Link to UN Report
14.	Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Project (Akshaya)	Department of IT, Government of Kerala	Link to UN Report
15.	The Computerized Interstate Check Posts (CICs)	Ministry of Home, Government of Gujarat	Link to UN Report
16.	Computerization of Passport Issuance System	Union Government	Link to UN Report
17.	Dairy Information System Kiosk (DISK)	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Link to UN Report 1 Link to UN Report 2
18.	The Exam Results web portal	NIC & Ministry of Communication &IT, Union Government	Link to UN Report
19.	Khajane	State Treasury , Government of the Karnataka	Link to UN Report 1 Link to UN Report 2
20.	LokMitra – the Web-enabled Government-Citizen Interface	Government of Himachal Pradesh	Link to UN Report
21.	The Vijaywada Online Information Center (VOICE)	Vijayawada City, Government of Andhra Pradesh	Link to UN Report
22.	The web site for the Directorate of Commercial Taxes	Directorate of Commercial Taxes, Government of West Bengal	Link to UN Report
23.	Drishtee	Drishtee dot com Inc.	Link to UN Report1 Link to UN Report2
24.	e-Seva Centers	West Godavari District Administration, Government of Andhrapradesh	Link to UN Report
25.	The Information Village – Pondicherry	Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) The International Development Centre (IDRC)	Link to UN Report

This is the not so exhaustive list of eGovernance Projects in India. With due respect to these initiatives I think there are many areas which can leave greater impact than those in the list.

You must be now wondering what the heck is eGovernance is it not some super woofer complex thing? Well the definition is not so complex.

“E-Government” refers to the use by government agencies of information technologies (such as Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile computing) that have the ability to transform relations with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government

We should be happy that there is some progress atleast in providing simple, clean, transparent & Responsive Administration. Trying to read few of these reports, Some of them are very interesting like gyandoot, drishti etc..

PS: I still remember the 1st Constn Amendment Act Posting. Act is little long so will take more time. Glory to Panditji till then.

Saikrishna

Tryst with Destiny & Some thoughts

Speech of Jawaharlal Nehru which is continiously quoted as one of the best speeches in the world.

This particular part of the speech attracted me specially,

The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.

This was the main agenda of Nehru Administration. Needless to say it still remains unfulfilled and sounds very idealistic he was such a great man with hope and belief on the best of every human being and wanted nothing but the best to happen always for the Humanity.

Hopefully the third generation from Nehru would fight for it willingly.

When i started reading this paragraph separately from the speech , Some assumptions I have about the great Panditji were reinforced. This speech reflects the socialistic nature of Nehru’s Thoughts. Now that i remember he moved the first amendment of constitution to incorporate this idealistic socialism into the very structure of constitution which is not clearly understood by some unscrupulous people [ I was recently reading some articles which were criticizing nehru for moving the 1st constitutional amendment and even worse heaving praise up on some right wing communal leaders (Hindu Mahasabha) ]. Doubting people like Nehru is the worst and it is nothing short of [ As chalam in Srisri's Mahaprasthanam preface says.. "Atma lokam lo diwala" AKA Moral bankruptcy].

He worked like a machine to the improvement of India in the way he thought was relevant to india. His industrialization policies & emphasis on Planning were criticized now, But those were ruling roost in the era of Nehru and Rise of Soviet Russia. He simply tookup what was best for the nation and do you find fault with him for that? Blaming nehru now for his decisions then would be like Finding fault with BSNL for laying long cables for Landlines arguing that people are now using Mobile phones. Simply put it the impression he left on World and Every Indian is everlasting. More analysis on 1st constitution amendment to follow. Till then say Loud,

Jawaharlal Nehru Amar rahe ! Long live Republic of India.

Saikrishna