Sustainability of E-Governance Projects in India

Abstract

Of late, e-governance has gained very strong ground around the world as well as in India. Recent advances in Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) have raised citizens' expectations of the government and its services. E-governance projects have a large component of software development and have not been able to escape from this troubled legacy of software development projects. Though these initiatives are common in most countries, getting the claimed benefits has not been easy for various technological as well as organizational reasons (wimmer; 2002; Saxena, 2004). This paper discusses the various governance initiatives under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in India and proposes a few measures to reduce the risks and enhance the sustainability of e-governance projects.