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Various Government Initiatives towards e-Governance

  • The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in association with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and the Government of Meghalaya, organised the 22nd National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2019 in 2019 at Shillong.
  • The declaration of ‘Shillong Declaration’ suggests that the Government of India and State Government would work in collaboration to improve the citizen’s experience with Government services by helping in the well-timed implementation of India Enterprise Architecture (IndEA) and implementing a single sign-on for interoperability and integration among e-Government applications all over the country.
  • The National e-Governance Plan permitted in 2006 has made steady progress through Mission Mode Projects and Core ICT Infrastructure provides the intensified impetus to promote inclusive growth that covers electronic services, products, devices, manufacturing, and job opportunities.
  • Under the National e-Governance Action Plan (NeGP) (which is now subsumed under Digital India) core infrastructure components such as State wide Area Networks (SWANs), State Data Centres (SDCs), Common Services Centres (CSCs), e-District, State e-Governance Service Delivery Gateway (SSDGs) and Capacity Building are being implemented.
  • The focus of the e-Kranti is to expand the portfolio of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) in e-Governance under various Government Departments by undertaking Government Process Reengineering (GPR), introducing the latest technologies such as Cloud and mobile platform, workflow automation, and focusing on the integration of services.
  • Jeevan Pramaan is an Aadhaar based Biometric Authentication System for Pensioners. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Jeevan Pramaan in 2014. The scheme ensures the validity of Digital Life Certificates without requiring the pensioner to appear in person before his Pension Dispensing Authority (PDA).