E-Governance is the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for delivering government services, exchange of information, communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems and services between Government-to-Citizens (G2C), Government-to-Business (G2B), Government-to-Government (G2G) as well as back office processes and interactions within the entire government frame work.
•It greatly
simplifies the process
of information accumulation for
citizens and businesses.
•It empowers
people to gather
information regarding any department of government and get involved in
the process of decision making.
•E-Governance strengthens
the very fabric
of democracy by ensuring greater citizen participation at all levels of
governance
•E-Governance leads
to automation of
services, ensuring that information regarding every work of public
welfare is easily available to all citizens, eliminating corruption.
•This revolutionizes
the way governments function, ensuring much more transparency in the
functioning, thereby eliminating corruption.
•Since the
information regarding every
activity of government
is easily available,
it would make
every government department responsible as they know that every action
of theirs is closely monitored.
•Proper implementation
of e-Governance practices make it possible for people to get their work done
online thereby sparing themselves of unnecessary hassles of traveling to the
respective offices.
•Successful
implementation of e-Governance practices offer better delivery of services to
citizens, improved interactions with business and industry, citizen empowerment
through access to information, better management, greater convenience, revenue
growth, cost reductions etc.
• Furthermore, introduction of e-Governance
brings governments closer to citizens.
• E-Governance practices help business access
information that might be important for them at a click.