Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), today organized a mega event and an exhibition at the Manekshaw Centre here to celebrate Good Governance Day.
The event was inaugurated by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India and attended by officials of Central Government and its agencies, industry partners, interested netizens, and electronic and print media.
In his keynote address at the event, the Minister said, “based on the pillars of participation, accountability, transparency, responsiveness and efficiency, good governance can be effectively achieved through the vision of Digital India of Digital Infrastructure as a utility to every citizen, governance & services on demand and digital empowerment of citizens.” The Minister emphasized that simple, inclusive and technology has transformative power and is the source of good governance.
“In the last six months, Government of India has taken a number of landmark initiatives. The Digital India programme, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, is committed to take the cause of Good Governance forward in letter and spirit”, the Minister added.
The Minister in his concluding remarks directed all the officials of the Ministry of Communications and IT that they must ensure that the vision of Digital India becomes a reality.
RS Sharma, Secretary, DeitY said, “the department has taken a number of initiatives like MyGov(Citizen participation platform) , Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System, Jeevan Pramaan, e-Greetings, e-Sampark, National Digital Literacy Mission, e-Governance Competency Framework etc. to promote Good Governance in the country,” as well as to give impetus to the Digital India programme.
“Government officials at all levels should contribute to this cause by ensuring effective planning and implementation of various e-Governance programmes. To make it happen, all Government officials need to develop a positive mindset for e-Governance and other Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes. They also need to update their ICT skills on a regular basis”, he emphasized.
During the event a captivating audio visual video was shown that highlighted various achievements and activities of DeitY, Department of Telecom and Department of Post, that are playing an instrumental role in furthering the cause of Good Governance in the country through Digital India Programme.
The Minister launched a number of Good Governance projects initiated by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Telecommunication, Department of Posts and their organizations.
Some of the key projects launched at the event were Time Stamping of Digital Signature, Integrated Indian Languages Virtual Keyboard for Android, PARAM Shavak (Super computer in box solution), .bharat domain in Gujarati and Bangla, e-launch of Support International Patent Protection in Electronics & IT scheme (SIP-EIT), Disbursements under Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme(M-SIPS), Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) disbursement, Gyansetu – an internet based real time ICT systems to provide e-Services to the rural population of India, MTNL Apps for Android smart phones and e-Governance Competency Framework (e-GCF).
Additionally e-Books were launched by the three departments namely Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts. Department of Posts also launched a pocket book.
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