1. e-Governance Vijay Agrawal 02D05008 Raja Agrawal 02D05009

2. WHAT IS eGOVERNANCE?  eGovernance is Electronic Governance – Governance that employs the opportunities and potentials that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have to offer. eGovernance is simply e-enabled governance  ICTs (in this context) describe electronic tools such as computers, telephones (and other telecommunication equipment), Internet, the world wide web and other 21 st century communication media

3. Benefits  eGovernance automates the major state functions and capacities (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary), thus facilitating the optimal functioning and better interaction of institutions attached to these three major wings of the state  eGovernance allows better interaction between the government, its institutions and people  eGovernance creates greater market opportunities for goods and services.  eGovernance initiatives lead to a process of transformation, which increases the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of government and administration

4. Areas Covered Hospital Information System (Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute for Medical Sciences, Lucknow and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi) Hospital Information System Laboratory Automation for Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore Laboratory Automation Networking in institutions to enable enterprise-wide data exchange Networking Consultancy for developing framework for information system planning for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh information system planning Telephone Revenue Billing (Pune Telecom) Telephone Revenue Billing eGovernance through Regional Languages

5. Cost Measures... In order to implement the strategy, the following tools will be necessary: Websites Telecommunication Infrastructure Internet Provision (eMail, etc) Internet/Web-based services eg ePayments Skills’ acquisition – Human Resource Development

6. Examples …  Rural penetration of Banking and Insurance is very low  Excess Dependence on Private Finance at very high Cost Strategies  Bringing new farmers into Banking fold  Doubling Agriculture Credit in next three years as per Govt guidelines

7. Contact Information http://www.cdac.in/html/egovidx.asp http://www.egovernance-consortium.org/ http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/485/ mittal.html http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/485/ mittal.html http://www.wipro.co.in/itservices/consultingSe rvices/egovernance/default.htm http://www.wipro.co.in/itservices/consultingSe rvices/egovernance/default.htm