ICT in Local Self Governance: A Study of Rural India
Puneet Kumar, Dharminder Kumar, Narendra Kumar

TL;DR
This paper explores the evolution of local self-governance in India and examines how ICT has been integrated to enhance service delivery and strengthen rural governance structures through case studies.
Contribution
It provides a historical overview and analyzes the role of ICT in modernizing local self-governance in rural India with practical case examples.
Findings
ICT improves service delivery in rural governance
Government initiatives like NeGP facilitate ICT integration
ICT strengthens Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
Abstract
The concept of local self-governance is not new as it has its roots in ancient time even before the era of Mauryan emperors. This paper depicts the journey of local self-governance from antediluvian time to 21st century. Further, in the current scenario Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged as a successful tool for dissemination of various e-governance services and in this regard the Government of India has formulated NeGP with adequate service delivery mechanism. With the inculcation of ICT, various applications were designed by central as well as state governments which lead towards strengthening of PRIs for rural reform. This paper also throws some light on necessity of ICT in self-governance along with some case studies.
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Taxonomy
TopicsICT in Developing Communities
