(a) whether the Government has asked Union Territory Administrations in the country to take e-governance initiatives; and
(b) if so, steps taken by Chandigarh U.T. Administrations in this regard?
(a) whether the Government has asked Union Territory Administrations in the country to take e-governance initiatives; and
(b) if so, steps taken by Chandigarh U.T. Administrations in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(DR. SANJAY PASWAN)
(a): Government has been advising States/UTs to deploy IT/take e-Governance initiatives to bring about overall improvement in Government functioning and for delivery of its services to citizen.
(b): As per the information received from Chandigarh Administration, they have released their IT Policy in April 2000 in which main emphasis is on creating a knowledge based society using e-Governance whereby all residents of Chandigarh would be able to access the benefit of IT by the year 2005. Chandigarh Administration has been implementing various projects to achieve the above objective.