E-Gov Challenges – Issues in the State

The emergence of Information Super Highway has provided means for communication at the speed of light, retrieval of data and utilization of information to its users. E-Governance is basically the application of ICT to provide government services to the citizens through internet. In developing countries like India, where literacy level is very low and even most of the people are living below poverty line, people are not even aware about the benefits of E-Gov. activities and people do not use Computer and Communication technologies to a much extent, there exist a number of issues to implement e-Gov activities. This paper highlights the challenges related to the implementation of E-Gov. Projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh in India. E-Gov. is basically an application of ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies) that uses ICTs in Government Organizations, (NGOs) for delivery of services to citizens. MP Government had implemented a number of projects at district, tehsil and sub-tehsil levels to serve its citizens. But due to some reasons or another, rural citizens are not aware about these projects and their services. That is the reason why, these projects are suffering from their poor implementation.