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Capacity building and people's participation in e-governance in India: Challenges and prospects

By: Prasad, Kiran.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticlePublisher: 2012Description: p.221-231.Subject(s): E governance - India | Public administration - India | E governance In: ProductivitySummary: National e-strategies focusing on modernizing government through e-governance involve the use of ICTs to benefit communities. This article will focus on the e-governance program in India with the Common Service Centres (CSCs) involving broadband-enabled computer kiosks that offer a range of government-to-citizen and business-to customer services, besides promoting sheer access to the Internet to bridge the digital divide. The article also presents a case study of the Akshaya centers in Kerala which is integral to capacity building and advancing digital democracy. These Akshaya centers in Kerala can be a potential model for the rest of India and other developing nations. - Reproduced.
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Volume no: 53, Issue no: 3 Available AR98949

National e-strategies focusing on modernizing government through e-governance involve the use of ICTs to benefit communities. This article will focus on the e-governance program in India with the Common Service Centres (CSCs) involving broadband-enabled computer kiosks that offer a range of government-to-citizen and business-to customer services, besides promoting sheer access to the Internet to bridge the digital divide. The article also presents a case study of the Akshaya centers in Kerala which is integral to capacity building and advancing digital democracy. These Akshaya centers in Kerala can be a potential model for the rest of India and other developing nations. - Reproduced.

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