E-governance in panchayats

The Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar informed the Lok Sabha today that his Ministry is preparing a mission mode project for e-governance at the Gram Panchayat level under the National e-Governance Plan. In a written reply, he said, it is envisaged that this will enable all Panchayats in the country to progressively obtain the benefits of Information Technology in implementing e-Governance solutions with reference to identified services delivered at the Panchayat level. This is a new initiative. A few Panchayats in the States have been implementing pilots project for e-Governance at the Panchayat level with support of the State Government concerned. It is under the Central Plan that common standards and benchmarks will be developed so as to ensure the integrated application of Information Technology to further good governance at the Panchayat level. The Minister said, under the proposed Gram Swaraj Programme also e-governance is one of the essential elements. Similarly, capacity building and training are also parts of this new scheme proposed under 2006-07, for which outlays are yet to be finalized; but Rs.8 crores is proposed for this purpose in 2006-07. Source: PIB.

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