Volume : X, Issue : IV, April - 2020

Role of e-Governance in Local Administration

Babukumar O, Dr. M H Prahaladappa

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India is 2nd largest country after China based on its population. Even whole country is divided based on different language, region, rituals and lots many differences. Efficient governance of such large country with such diversity is tough task. Government of India is aggressively using Information and Communication Technologies in their daily work to provide SMART (Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent) governance to every citizen of India. The tools, technology and methods used in E–Governance application provide a roadmap for effective and timely delivery of services at the door step of citizen. Majority of regular interaction of government and citizen is done through Local Bodies of government. Local Body is classified in Urban Local Body (ULB) and Rural Local Body (RLB). Purpose of this paper is to examine E–Governance implementation in Local Bodies in India. The Government of Karnataka (GoK) was a pioneer in leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) for better governance and has been at the forefront of implementation of electronic–Governance (e–Governance) initiatives in the country. Government of Karnataka conceived and implemented a number of e–Governance projects like computerization of land records (Bhoomi) and treasury operations (Khajane) much before announcement of the National e–Governance Plan (NeGP) by the Government of India (GoI) in May 2016.

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ROLE OF E-GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, Babukumar O, Dr. M H Prahaladappa INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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