M. Phil Research scholar, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics
Online published on 17 March, 2016.
Growing awareness among citizens about their rights has changed the way of governance in India. Indian government has a vision of transforming the interaction between citizen-government at all levels by electronic mode by 2020. The objective of the paper is to provide an overview of various initiatives that has been taken in India for e-governance and what are the challenges that still exist in its way. Articles published in various leading journals, books, official websites of regulatory bodies of India, online materials have been referred to in conducting the study. The paper has been divided into four parts. The first part provides the introduction to the concept of e-governance in India. Second part describes the various initiatives taken by the government of India for e-governance. Third part discusses the challenges that still exist in its way and last part provides conclusion and recommendation.
