This document discusses how IT can enable capabilities to improve e-governance and welfare projects in India. It outlines how IT can enhance dynamic and improvisational capabilities, improve processes, coordination, collaboration, responsiveness and service quality. It provides examples of current e-governance projects in India like e-Seva, Bhoomi, and e-choupal. It also discusses how IT can help address welfare issues by increasing awareness, participation, and management support. Specifically, it outlines how the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) uses an online MIS, complaint number, and electronic job cards to leverage IT capabilities.
2. IT Enabled Capabilities
IT enhanced capabilities
Dynamic Capabilities
Improvisational Capabilities
Enabler for process improvement
Improve coordination and collaboration
Organizations responsive and reflexive
Improves the service quality
3. Stakeholders in the e-Governance and welfare projects
Central Government
State Governments
Panchayats
IT Service Providers
Citizens
4. IT steering e-Governance
Indias National E-Governance Plan
Citizen engagement and participation in
governance
Optimization of service delivery
e-Seva, Bhoomi, Gramdoot, Gyandoot, e-
choupal, Railway Ticketing system
Community Information Centres
E-medicine and E-consulting
5. Leveraging IT enabled capabilities in addressing the
Welfare Issues
Increasing awareness
Proper utilization of funds
Enhancing capabilities of district functionaries
Increasing community participation in planning and
social audit
Improved management resource support
6. IT enabled NREGA
A web enabled MIS (www.nrega.nic.in)
National TOLL free number to register complaints
Nreganet, a Knowledge Network
Electronic Job Cards
Greater use of IT by states e.g. Andhra Pradesh,
Orissa
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