Gujarat government announces E-governance policy 2014-19

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat, 15 November 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister today declared It and E-governance policies for the period of 2014-2019.

-According to spokesperson ministers, G2G(Government to Government) and G2C(Government to Citizen) are core parts of the E-governance policy. They said the draft of this policy was put on website to receive suggestions from the people before finalizing the policy.

-E Governance Policy(2014-19)

-Inclusive growth based on Information Communication Technology(ICT).

-Institutionalization of digital Gujarat as main goal.

-Over 500 services will be catered through electronics medium.

-Activation of E-Gujarat portal.

-Further coverage of mobile governance.

-Encouragement to digital literacy.

-Provision of last mile connectivity.

-To e-connect all government department offices, societies, boards, corporations, local bodies(urban and panchayats).

-Increased coverage of cloud computing & virtualization.

-Increased use of GIS.

-Improved life standard through skill enhancement.

-Reaching out to people through social media.

-Encouragement for research.

-Strengthening cyber security.

-Participation in national e-governance programme.

-To provide public services through e-gram centers(1 e-gram center per 4,000 people).

-Strengthening and expansion of government network through Gwan-2,state data center-2, wi-fi campus.

-Encouragement to digital literacy and financial inclusion.

-E-governance campus and creation IT cadre.

-To provide Eco-system for effective and smooth execution of rules for offering public services through electronics media.

-To achieve the goal of digital India through digital Gujarat using this new policy