Benefits of e-Governance

E-Governance ushers in multiple advantages:
 It greatly simplifies the process of information accumulation for citizens and businesses.
 It empowers people to gather information regarding any department of government and get
involved in the process of decision making.
 E-Governance strengthens the very fabric of democracy by ensuring greater citizen participation
at all levels of governance
 E-Governance leads to automation of services, ensuring that information regarding every work
of public welfare is easily available to all citizens, eliminating corruption.
 This revolutionizes the way governments function, ensuring much more transparency in the
functioning, thereby eliminating corruption.
 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.
 Proper implementation of e-Governance practices make it possible for people to get their work
done online thereby sparing themselves of unnecessary hassles of travelling to the respective
offices.
 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.
 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 centres are located closer to the citizens now. Such centres 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.
 E-Governance practices help business access information that might be important for them at a
click

Although internet-based governmental programs have been criticized for lack of reliable
privacy policies, studies have shown that people value prosecution of offenders over personal
confidentiality. Ninety percent of United States adults approve of Internet tracking systems of
criminals, and 57% are willing to forgo some of their personal internet privacy if it leads to the
prosecution of criminals or terrorists