E-governance plan to transform India: Maran

The Centre has drawn a national e-governance action plan covering all the three tiers of the government with the objective of 'turning the power of Indian information technology inwards' and transforming the country into one of the most competitive nations globally, Union Minister for Communication and IT, Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday.

"The most important attribute of this plan is its singular focus on the citizens," Maran said while inaugurating the 8th national conference on e-governance in Bhubaneswar.

The plan envisages access by all citizens to government and private services from their own villages or towns apart from giving access to economic opportunities both within the country and globally, he said.

Emphasising that the common minimum programme of the UPA government at the Centre envisaged promotion of e-governance on a massive scale, he said the programme incorporated numerous mission mode projects mainly stressed on improving service delivery to citizens and businesses.

These projects were being taken up both by the Centre and the states for country-wide implementation in a phased, time-bound manner over the next three to four years.