Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar addressed the 16th edition of India’s leading forum on e-governance here today.
Talking to over 100 senior decision makers across several states and Government departments like Indian Railways, the Department of Electronics & IT, National Informatics Centre, CIDCO, Karnataka State Police and many more he said, “For e-governance to succeed, people should be e-literate and not illiterate. What’s more, e-governance is something that happens over a period of time and cannot be done in one shot. Having said that, we have a lot of the basic infrastructure and connectivity in place and are ready to take it to the next level.” He also spoke about the larger challenge of changing people’s mindsets.
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Talking about e-gov initiatives in Goa, Parrikar said that the state is 100% broadband compliant. He shared the success story of the e-Payment processes and the establishment of Mahitighar – information kiosks across the panchayats in Goa.
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The theme for the 16th edition, which will go on till June 14, is “e-Services to e-Participation: Towards Transparent Governance.
In his opening note, Anant Goenka, Wholetime Director & Head – New Media, The Indian Express Ltd, said, “For over 80 years, the Express Group has fought for transparent governance. Express Technology Sabha was started with a belief that digitizing government will create a participatory environment in India and we must do our part to encourage and facilitate effective and inclusive governance.”
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Some of the sessions at the Sabha include: Transforming Governance through Social Media, Open Data Initiative of the Government of India, Challenges and the Way forward for the Government Cloud, and Developing Trust in e-Governance through Security, among others.
At the event, Goenka commissioned India’s first-of-its-kind e-Governance report to be put out in collaboration with knowledge partners PricewaterhouseCoopers at the next Tech Sabha in Feb, 2015. A special edition of Express Computer and a redesigned web and mobile site expresscomputeronline.com were also launched by Parrikar.
The event is supported by the National e-Governance Plan and the Department of Electronics & IT, Government of India.
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