Says India should leverage its ICT leadership position, use tech-intensive solutions

Bengaluru, December 8:

Dramatic developments in the Information Technology (IT) sector have created an eco-system for the governments to tap technology-enabled solutions for the benefit of the common man, President Pranab Mukherjee has said.

Speaking after launching the Mobile Governance initiative Karnataka MobileOne, Mukherjee said, Not only has the State created a conducive environment for the expansion of the IT sector, it has skilfully combined innovation and government vision to bring about reforms touching the lives of citizens.

E-initiatives such as Bhoomi, which is an online system for land records management; Kaveri, which is a valuation and e-registration system of the Department of Stamps and Registration; e-swathu, which is a software that lists properties in urban local bodies and that has now been integrated with Kaveri; and e-procurement have set governance benchmarks.

Mukherjee said e-governance holds great promise for a quantum leap in governance standards.

The need of the hour is to leverage Indias leadership position in information communication technology to introduce technology-intensive solutions for governance, he said.

The President said Karnataka also has the distinction of being the first Indian State to have a dedicated secretariat for e-governance. I commend your passion to deploy technology in governance. In this context, I want to express my delight at having been associated with the demonstration of 3D holography, which is a cutting-edge technology.

Karnataka, for one, is an IT hub portraying a success story that has few parallels. It contributes 30 per cent of the total software exports of our country, he added.

Many people believe that technology is the prerogative of the privileged and the urban citizens. But, it is our pride that we have been able to integrate applications in Karnataka that are pro-farmers and helpful to the rural citizens, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.

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