Learning Community-An International Journal of Educational and Social Development

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Role of ICT in E-governance and Rural Development: An Indian Scenario

DWT College, Dehradun, India

Abstract

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a key role in development & Economic growth of Rural India. A large number of rural e-Governance applications, developed as pilot projects were aimed at offering easy access to citizens services and improved processing of government to citizen transactions.. This paper presents a brief review of the technologies, the rural ICT projects and the issues associated with the use of ICT for rural e-governance applications.

Keywords

ICT, E-governance, Rural Development