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What is E-Governance?
It is the use of a range of modern Information and Communication Technologies with the aim of improving information and service delivery encouraging citizens participation in the decision making process and making process and making government more accountable transparent & effective.
Governance: An Information perspective
· Representative democracy relies on supposition that best way to make a decision is wider participation for all its citizens having access to relevant information.
· Government is by nature an information intensive organization.
· Information is power and information management is political .
Governance : In IT framework
· Expansion of Internet and electronic commerce, is redefining relationships among various stake holders in the process of Governance.
· A new model of governance would be based upon the transactions in virtual space, digital economy and dealing with knowledge oriented societies.
· Electronic Governance is an emerging trend to re-invent the way the Government works.
E-Governance : Focus
· Greater attention to improve service delivery mechanism
· Enhancing the efficiency of production
· Emphasis upon the wider access of information
E-Governance vs. E-Government
"Government's foremost job is to focus society on achieving the public interest."
"Governance is a way of describing the links between government and its broader environment - political, social and administrative."
Why e Governance?
eGovernment can transform citizen service, provide access to information to empower citizens, enable their participation in government and enhance citizen economic and social opportunities, so that they can make better lives, for themselves and for the next generation.
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