Innovative Tool for New and Change Government of India: E- Governance

In 21st century, E-Governance is becoming ruling king as it may reduce corruption, cut red tapism and reach directly to citizens providing political support focused administrative leadership, reengineering process. In the Present Scenario, Information and communication technology is gaining its importance day by day. IT is becoming Government’s driving force by providing services. IT has discovered new ways for improving the Government’s strategies and policies also rules and regulations for providing services to the public. It introduced electronic modes for government for changes and renewal in its processes and policies. This mode becomes the key word for the government in improving its processes. E-governance plays a role of catalyst and channel for E- business in business community. As far as E-governance projects are concerned, government is changing its role from an ‘Implementer’ to a ‘Faciliatator’ and ‘Regulator’. Government will encourage private sector participation in E-governance projects and more projects based on public private participation (PPP) model should came in near future to achieve long term sustainability and the future for Egovernance looks. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the E-governance in India and initiatives made by the government for implementing the e-governance projects in India and also examined the challenges faced by government in implementing e-governance projects in India. Keywords: Government, Governance, E-Government, E-Governance, E-Governance projects, challenges.