Digital Governance and Decentralisation  (English, Hardcover, Biju M.R.)

In India E-Governance originated during the seventies with a focus on inhouse government applications in the areas of defence, economic monitoring, planning and the deployment of ICT to manage data intensive functions related to elections, census, tax administration etc. From the early nineties, e-governance has seen the use of IT for wider sectoral applications with policy emphasis on reaching out to rural areas and taking in greater inputs from NGOs and private sector as well. While the emphasis has been primarily on automation and computerization, state endeavours to use IT include forays into connectivity, networking, setting up systems for processing information and delivering services. Keeping this background in view, an attempt has been made in his volume to address the issues pertaining to a wide-ranging areas and aspects of Digital Governance in the context of Decentralised Governance. The topics covered include Role of Digital Technology in the Governance for Local Development with Special Focus on Smart Cities, e-Governance in India with focus on Second ARC Report, Social Welfare and its Linkages with Digital Governance and Digital India, Importance of Gender Digital Divide, Knowledge Management and e-Governance, e-Government Development Index, DigiLocker in Transforming e-Governance, Delivering Justice at the Grassroots, Decentralisation and Healthcare, CSR and its role in LSGs, Functioning of Ombudsman, Economic Status of De-Notified Tribes, Marketing Methods in Women Enterprises, m-Commerce and Legal Configuration of GST in the Indian e-Commerce Industry. The chapters are contributed by senior academics and development experts with rich experience on the core areas of the study. In their submission the authors have highlightened the existing issues and problems connected with the subject and put forward solid suggestions to revamp the system.