Towards an ideal e - Governance scenario in India

It seeks to analyze limiting factors and impediments in the way of proliferating eGovernance in India. From an IT spend perspective on eGovernance, it looks at trends in other countries and compares the per capita spend in India, which is very low with those of other countries. IT initiatives in the government in India have largely been on a piecemeal basis characterized by a lack of vision that has limited the resultant benefits. The use of innovative Public Private Partnership models has also been very limited. It suggests a holistic approach based on innovative partnership models. In addition it makes some suggestions for maximizing both, adoption of eGovernance and changing the institutional framework for managing eGovernance