Types of Government Interaction in e-governance

• G2G (Government to Government): This is the non-commercial interaction and transactions between Government organizations. G2G initiatives help in making the inside government procedures more efficient. T‑he example of G2G services such as Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems CCTNS), e-Office, e-Procurement and e-Courts etc.
  • Khajane Project in Karnataka: It is a comprehensive online treasury computerization project confine to the state of Karnataka. The project has resulted in the computerization of the entire treasury related activities of the State Government and the system has the ability to track every activity right from the approval of the State Budget to the point of rendering accounts to the government.
  • SmartGov (Andhra Pradesh): This has been developed in Andhra Pradesh state to streamline operations, enhance efficiency through workflow automation and knowledge management for implementation in the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat.
• G2C (Government to Citizen): The goal of government-to-citizen (G2C) e-governance is to offer a variety of ICT services to citizens in an efficient and economical manner and to strengthen the relationship between government and citizens using technology. There are several methods of government-to-customer e-governance. Two-way communication allows citizens to instant message directly with public administrators, and cast remote electronic votes (electronic voting) and instant opinion voting. Transactions such as payment of services, such as city utilities, can be completed online or over the phone. Mundane services such as name or address changes, applying for services or grants, or transferring existing services are more convenient and no longer have to be completed face to face.
  • Computerization of Land Records: In collaboration with NIC. Ensuring that landowners get computerized copies of ownership, crop and tenancy and updated copies of Records of Rights (RoRs) on demand.
  • Bhoomi Project: Online delivery of Land Records. Self-sustainable e-Governance project for the computerized delivery of 20 million rural land records to 6.7 million farmers through 177 Government-owned kiosks in the State of Karnataka
  • Gyandoot: It is an Intranet-based Government to Citizen (G2C) service delivery initiative. It was initiated in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh in January 2000 with the twin objective of providing relevant information to the rural population and acting as an interface between the district administration and the people.
• G2B (Government to Business): It is the online non-commercial interaction between local and central government and the commercial business sector with the purpose of providing businesses information and advice on e-business best practices. It refers to the conduction through the Internet between government agencies and trading companies. Whereas B2G denotes the professional transactions between the company and the district, city, or federal regulatory agencies. B2G usually include recommendations to complete the measurement and evaluation of books and contracts.
  • e-Procurement Project in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat: To reduce the time and cost of doing business for both vendors and government.
  • MCA 21: By the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The project aims at providing easy and secure online access to all registry related services provided by the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs to corporates and other stakeholders at any time and in a manner that best suits them.

Other Government Initiatives for e-Governance in India

• Aadhaar (UID): Providing demographic, photo as well as biometric based authentication and coverage more than 950 Million. It is being used for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG connections, PDS systems etc.
• Digital Locker: Providing online facility for government and other agencies to send the electronic documents of citizens, storing legacy government certificates/documents and also providing accessibility from anywhere and at any time basis, verification from the source in case of government issued documents.
• E-Sign: Digital Signature Certificate treated on par with physical signature as per IT Act, 2000. E-sign is safe and secure and biometric based authenticated signature of citizens.
• PayGov: It is designed to facilitate online payment to all PSU and major private banks and the chosen Payment Modes like Net banking, Debit/Credit Card, Prepaid/Cash Card/Wallets, IMPS, and other Mobile Wallets etc.
• Jan DhanYojana: Considered as a massive programme on financial inclusion having target to enable at least one bank account in each household (initiated in 2014). Each Saving Account holder to have insurance facility and mare than 32crores bank accounts open under this project.
• E-Taal: it denotes the Electronic Transaction Aggregation and Analysis Layer, for providing real time status on delivery of electronic services and promoting healthy competition amongst
  • States / UTs
  • Departments and
  • Mission Mode Projects / e-Governance Initiatives
• E-Bhasha: All Government websites to bi-bilingual/multi-lingual. Under this Digital India website will be available in 12 languages and work in progress to cover all 22 constitutionally recognized languages.
• MyGov: Facilitating two communication amongst Government Organizations and Common Citizens.
• E-Sampark database: being utilized for mass communication to all email and mobile users

National E-governance Plan

• The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) is an initiative of the Government of India to make all government services available to the citizens of India via electronic media.
• NeGP was formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
• The Government of India approved the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), comprising of 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) and 8 components in 2006.
• In the year 2011, 4 projects – Health, Education, PDS and Posts were introduced to make the list of 27 MMPs to 31. Currently, there are 44 MMPs being implemented by the government under e-Kranti.
• Under Pillar 5 of Digital India, e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services of Digital India programme, 44 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) are being implemented by Central Ministries/Departments and State/UT governments to provide completely online services in various domains like Health, Education, Passport Seva, Trade, Income Tax, Excise & Customs, Corporate Affairs, India Post, e-Police, Land Records, etc. Several services are completely online while some services are partially online. 13 of the MMPs are being implemented as Central MMPs; 17 are being implanted as State MMPs and 14 of them are being implemented as Integrated MMPs.

Institutions

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is a part of the Union Government of the Republic of India. It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016. Previously known as "The Department of Information Technology", it was renamed to The Department of Electronics and Information Technology in 2012. On 19 July 2016, DeitY was made into full-fledged ministry, which henceforth is known as the Ministry of Electronics and Technology

Child Agencies

• Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA)
• Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT)
• Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry
• Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT)
• IN Registry
• National Informatics Centre (NIC)

Companies under MeitY

• Media Lab Asia (MLAsia)
• National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) - Public Sector Enterprise under control of National Informatics Centre
• National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
• Digital Locker
• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
• CSC e-Governance Services India Limited

Autonomous Societies of MeitY

• Education and Research in Computer Networking (ERNET)
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
• Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET)
• National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) — Formerly DOEACC Society
• Society for Applied Microwav e Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
• Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
• Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)