"The Society for Promotion of e-Governance" urges Political Parties to include promise of e-Governance in their Election manifestos.

New Delhi  March 2, 2004   Society for Promotion of e-Governance (SPEG) in a memorandum to all political parties has urged  them to include use of  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) i to provide efficient and transparent governance to the people in their election manifestos.

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According to a SPEG press release, use of information and Communication Technologies for good governance is being considered as an important goal by many countries across the world. Many developed countries have taken specific initiatives to utilize ICT for providing governance services anytime , anywhere putting citizens at the focus of governance.

Delivery of the services (with efficiency and transparency) to the citizens is the primary objective of any government. Since a definite framework needs to be developed to successfully deploy e-governance initiatives in India, The Society for Promotion of e-Governance (SPEG) on behalf the citizens of India calls political  parties to include the implementation of best practices in e-governance  in their election manifesto to provide transparent and efficient governance to the country.

The SPEG memorandum has urged the political parties to include use the tools available under ICT to provide efficient and transparent governance along with the following major demands:

  Setting up of an e-governance commission empowered to develop policies and interoperability standards for e-governance projects.

  Giving  priority to development of e-governance applications in regional languages and open source systems to enable the rural citizens take benefits of govt. services through computers or kiosks..

Making   all  Member of Parliament  IT literate so that they can appreciate the use of ICT in providing SMART governance.

Encouraging governance services to be outsourced and development of GPO (Government Process Outsourcing) centers.