Narendra Modi believes in using the latest advancements in the technological field for the well being of the masses. Gujarat has the largest optical fibre wide area network in the whole of Asia, stretching over as long as 50,000 km. This provides him and other Government functionaries a platform to interact not only with the lowest-rung officers of the Government all over the state but also with the people in rural areas through video conferencing. He has introduced a novel concept of SWAGAT.
Gujarat has made e-Governance functional in all its 141 municipalities. The Citizen Facilitation Centres are now functional in all the major centres of Gujarat. At the district level, taluka level and in municipal areas, computerized civic centres have been established where the concept of one-day governance has been implemented. This experiment has been further taken up to the village level by establishing e-grams equipped with Computers and Internet Connectivity. All 14,000 gram panchayats have been made e-grams.
The e-dhara project for total computerization of land records has been extremely successful and widely acclaimed.
The other areas of e-Governance include electronic weigh bridges and smart cards for driving licenses, online and roaming ration card system, online filing of sales tax returns, connectivity between courts and jails, creation of huge data base of youths available for employment, online availability of the Government resolutions and forms in digital format, departmental websites disseminating information on various Government schemes and activities etc.A number of awards have been bagged for various e-governance initiatives. The recent ones include the Best e-governed State award from the Government of India in January 2007 (ELITEX - 2007).
Hope the other Chief Ministers take the cue.
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