Ans. The two
advantages of e – governance are (Write any two points from below)
(i) It
greatly simplifies the process of information accumulation for citizens and
businesses.
(ii) It
empowers people to gather information regarding any department of government
and get involved in the process of decision making.
(iii) E-Governance
strengthens the very fabric of democracy by ensuring greater citizen
participation at all levels of governance
(iv) E-Governance
leads to automation of services, ensuring that information regarding every work
of public welfare is easily available to all citizens, eliminating corruption.
(v) This
revolutionizes the way governments function, ensuring much more transparency in
the functioning, thereby eliminating corruption.
(vi) Since
the information regarding every activity of government is easily available, it
would make every government department responsible as they know that every
action of theirs is closely monitored.
(vii) Proper
implementation of e-Governance practices make it possible for people to get
their work done online thereby sparing themselves of unnecessary hassles of
traveling to the respective offices.
(viii) Successful
implementation of e-Governance practices offer better delivery of services to
citizens, improved interactions with business and industry, citizen empowerment
through access to information, better management, greater convenience, revenue
growth, cost reductions etc.
(ix) Furthermore,
introduction of e-Governance brings governments closer to citizens. So much so
that today it becomes extremely convenient to get in touch with a government
agency. Indeed, citizen service centers are located closer to the citizens now.
Such centers may consist of an unattended kiosk in the government agency, a
service kiosk located close to the client, or the use of a personal computer in
the home or office.
(x) E-Governance
practices help business access information that might be important for them at
a click.
