e-governance
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What is e-governance?
E-governance can be defined as the process to integrate ICT (Information and
Communication Technology) for carrying out the daily operations of governance.
The main aim of this technology is to boost the ability of government for
addressing the requirements for normal public.
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Goals of e-governance
• Creating a better business environment
• Strengthening good governance and broadening public participation
• Improving the productivity and efficiency of government agencies
• Efficiency gains
• Improving the quality of life for disadvantaged communities
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Benefits of e-governance
❖ Reduced corruption
❖ High transparency
❖ Increased convenience
❖ Growth in GDP
❖ Direct participation of constituents
❖ Reduction in overall cost.
❖ Expanded reach of government
Issues in e-governance
These initiatives have the potential to create a digital divide within the society,
especially in the poor and developing countries.
Access to Internet or not well qualified or equipped to use Internet will be all the
more distanced from the government.
Present global trends of growth in e-governance
E-Governance scopes varies in many areas some of them are:
Government to Citizen:
■ E-Citizenship
■ E-Registration
■ E-Transportation
■ E-Health
■ E-Education
■ E-Help
■ E-Taxation
National to Government:
■ E-Democracy : interest of the subjects in the law based and administering process.
■ E-Feedback: incorporates the utilization of ICT to give criticism to the Government.
Present global trends of growth in e-governance
Government to Government:
■ E-organization: incorporate the execution of ICT in the working of the Government,
inside and remotely.
■ E-police: Digital Police require innovation specialists to control the electronic/digital
violations
■ E-courts: The idea of E-Court will incorporate the ICT enablement of the legal procedure.
Government to Business:
■ E-Taxation: Corporate part makes good on numerous regulatory expenses, obligations
■ E-Licensing: E-Tendering will incorporate the offices of web based offering and
obtainment.
Types of e-governance
• Government -to- Citizen (G2C)
• Government -to- Business (G2B)
• Government –to- Employee (G2E)
• Government-to- Government (G2G)
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Advantages of e-governance
• Speed
• Saving Costs
• Transparency
• Accountability (responsibility)
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Disadvantages of e-governance
• Loss of Interpersonal Communication
• High Setup Cost and Technical Difficulties
• Illiteracy
• Cybercrime/Leakage of Personal Information
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Conclusion
Many nations have successfully implemented e-governance.
It can only be applied if the government of the respective country is ready to
apply it.
Overall it improves the quality of work.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
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What are the challenges of e governance?
Organizational challenges include:
Top management support, Resistance to change to electronic ways,
Collaboration and Lack of qualified personnel and training.
The implementation of e-government needs the support from the leaders and top
management of government for successful implementation.
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What is e governance and its benefits?
Advantages of e-governance
E-Governance is improvement in governance which is enabled by the
resourceful use of Information and Communications Technology.
E governance brings better access to information and excellence services for
inhabitants.
It also brings simplicity, efficiency and accountability in government.
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What is the concept of e governance?
Electronic governance or e-governance is:
The application of IT for delivering government services, exchange of information,
communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems between
government to citizen (G2C), government-to-business (G2B), government-to-
government (G2G), government-to-employees (G2E).
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What are the main objectives of e governance?
Ultimately, the goal of e-government is to:
enhance the interaction between three main actors in society— government,
citizens and business—in order to stimulate political, social and economic progress
in the country.
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What are the two main objectives of e governance?
The two main objectives of E governance is to:
• Restore the democracy to its true meaning with the help of improvisation of the
participation of the citizen in the governing process by giving feedback and
• Access to information and overall participation of the citizen in the decision making.
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What is the role of e governance?
• It gives varied departments' information to the public and helps in decision making.
• It ensures citizen participation at all levels of governance.
• It leads to automated services so that all works of public welfare is available to all
citizens.
• It revolutionizes functions of the government and ensures transparency.
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What are the stages of e governance?
The new e-government stage model has the following five stages:
• Web presence, interaction, transaction, transformation, and e-democracy
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What are the disadvantages of e governance?
The main disadvantage of e-governance is the loss of interpersonal communication.
• Interpersonal communication is an aspect of communication that many people consider vital.
Technology has its disadvantages as well.
• Specifically, the setup cost is very high and the machines have to be regularly maintained.
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Lets Discuss
• What are the challenges you see in implementing e Governance in Nepal?
• How can we overcome those challenges?
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Thank You
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