ICT: A Powerful Tool to Facilitate e-Governance

Electronic Governance (e-governance) aims at providing simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent government services to the citizen. Over the past decade or so the government of India has been implemented various e-governance initiative in the country. The success of these initiatives, inter alia, depends on the well organised use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in these initiatives. ICT is a powerful media to transmit information and knowledge to the citizens. This paper identifies the pivotal role of ICTs for successful implementation of e-governance projects in India.