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100			_aMisra, Harekrishna and Singh, Shyam _959591
245			_aUnderstanding role of digital asset and LOSI for rural areas: An evidence-based study in Indian context
260			_aInternational Journal of Rural Management
300			_a20(1), Suppl, April, 2024: p.S12-S32
520			_aDigital assets (DAs) are growing to be one of the most promising utilities due to the emerging digital transformation opportunities for society to harness. The innovations in contemporary DAs have led to the use of mobile computing, internet of things, edge computing and services like software as a service, platform as a service and desktop as a service. DAs have the potential to leverage and support other assets defined by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to enhance livelihood prospects in rural areas. The E-government services, aimed at mitigating digital divides and enhancing rural–urban continuum, need appropriate DAs. The UN has been conducting periodical E-government readiness assessments with a focus on Local Online Services Index (LOSI). All the countries participating in this readiness exercise are creating and upgrading through their E-government policies. LOSI is largely dependent on the availability of desired DAs, supply of digital transformation-based services and an emerging demand. The LOSI, introduced in 2018, is currently limited to the municipalities, providing a scope to assess rural areas where digital divides are still prevalent. This article presents a framework to discuss the associated DAs to develop LOSI for the rural areas in the Indian context. The article also presents a use case in the Indian context to understand how the Indian E-government efforts are poised to leverage the DAs to deepen rural digital services. Through the use cases, it is observed that the rural DAs need converged effort of policymakers to have a better LOSI.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0973005224124789
650			_a Digital Assets, E-governance, Local online services index, Rural-urban continuum. _949023
773			_aInternational Journal of Rural Management
906			_aE-GOVERNANCE
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