Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi suggested an innovative concept of ‘Mobile Governance’ (M-Governance) for better application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for larger good on the lines of ‘e-Governance’ and ‘Good Governance’. Inaugurating a 3-day conference of e-INDIA at Mahatma Mandir at Gandhinagar, considered as the country’s largest ICT event, he said that mobiles are now being used by the common man with ease and Gujarat is the first to spread its usage in governance. He wished Indians used IT with as much ease as mobile.
CM recalled that Indiamissed the gains of Industrial Revolution as it was the slavery rule but has risen to adapt Information Technology and particularly the youth have been benefited. India has come out of its image of snake-charmer to ‘mouse churner’.
He said that Gujarat has made vast pace in the field of IT during last decade especially in Governance. The state celebrated 2004 as ‘Year of e-Governance’. The Gujarat Government’s main initiatives included e-Dhara for computerization of land records along with broadband connectivity in all the 18,000-odd villages in the state. Citizens’ Charter offering information about 100 public services at 300 Janseva Kendras along with e-Gram, SWAGAT to redress online peoples’ grievances and e-Mamta, for long distance learning. CM Narendra Modi said that the letter ‘e’ signifies easy, economic and effective governance. The state government has also started recruitment process, bar coding of ration cards and computerization of all the check posts on highways through e-Governance. Eminent leaders who spoke on the occasion included Union Government’s Additional Secretary Shankar Agrawal and Gujarat’s Additional Chief Secretary (S&T) Ravi Saxena. The conference is being attended by 400 delegates and 150 exhibitors throughout the country to deliberate on 50 different sessions.
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