National e-Governance Plan

National e-Governance Plan
राष्ट्रीय ई-शासन योजना
AbbreviationNeGP
FormationMay 18, 2006; 18 years ago (May 18, 2006)[1]
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
  • Offices Spread All Over India
Region served
India
President & CEO (NeGD)
Ms Radha Chauhan, IAS
Parent organisation
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Websitemeity.gov.in

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.[2] NeGP was formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The Government approved the National e-Governance Plan, consisting of 27 "Mission Mode Projects" (MMPs) and 8 components (now 31, 4 new added in 2011 viz Health, Education, PDS & Posts), on 18 May 2006.[1] This is an enabler of Digital India initiative, and UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) in turn is an enabler of NeGP.

"Meta data and data standards" is the official document describing the standards for common metadata as part of India's National e-Governance Plan.[3]

The plan

Background

The 11th report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, titled "Promoting e-Governance - The Smart Way Forward", established the government's position that an expansion in e-Government was necessary in India.[2] The ARC report was submitted to the Government of India on 20 December 2008.[4] The report cited several prior initiatives as sources of inspiration, including references to the Singapore ONE programme. To pursue this goal, the National e-Governance Plan was formulated by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) and Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG). The program required the development of new applications to allow citizen access to government services through Common Service Centers; it aimed to both reduce government costs and improve access to services.[5]

Criticism

Lack of needs analysis, business process reengineering, interoperability across MMPs, and coping with new technology trends (such as mobile interfaces, cloud computing, and digital signatures) were some of the limitations of the initiative.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b NeGP website. "Approval Details of NeGP". NeGP Website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Second Administrative Reforms Commission Report". Arc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  3. ^ MDDS Demographic - Person Identification and Land Region Codification[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Second Administrative Reforms Commission Preface to the Report" (PDF). Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ Indg. "about NeGP". Indg.in. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ^ Revisiting NeGP: eBharat2020:The proposed future NeGP 2.0 by CSR Prabhu in CSI Communications Oct 2011 (access date 5 Mar 2012)