E-GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES IN INDIA : An Analytical Study of Karnataka State

The Government of India and several state governments have taken steps to adopt e-governance in many areas of Public Administration such as Public Services. Rural Services, Revenue and Police Administration, Social Services, Public Information, Agriculture, Commercial and Municipal Services, etc., Irrespective of the type and nature of process involved in public management systems, it is an indisputable fact that Karnataka State effectively used e-govemance as an 'enabling' technology to enhance the performance of the administrators. With all its related components, IT provides competitive advantage, financial gains, better delivery of services, besides ushering in authenticity, accountability, transparency and speed to the working of administrators. That is perhaps why Karnataka State has been witnessing and experiencing IT revolution during the last many decades with the establishment of Infosys, Wipro, and IT companies. In fact, Bangalore has been called as the "Silicon Valley" of India. But to keep pace with the changing trends, administrators should constantly hone their capabilities through IT Training. Indeed the success of the administrator lies in absorption, adaptation and acquisition of IT and IT based technologies to compete globally. To make E-Govemance work, it is necessary to train the present work force to work in a new technology driven atmosphere. Therefore the Union Government and State Governments have to adopt a comprehensive e-governance policy and programme. The paper analyzes the Egovernance initiatives in India, in general and Karnataka in particular.