Executive Summary:
Information and communication technologies have a valuable potential to help meet good governance goals in India. This paper looks into the relationship and application of Information Technology in Government and its benefits. Further two Strategic Alignment models are applied to the governance mechanism to understand its relation with IT. It is followed by the E governance structure of India and to understand it better a detailed study on a project named "FRIENDS" is included. The study analyses how the project is benefiting people, its enablers and constraints. Finally the paper concludes with recommendations.
Key words: E governance, Strategic alignment and maturity, FRIENDS Project
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Introduction 3
Information technology as a facilitator of Governance 3
Definition of E Governance 3
Fields of Implementation of E Governance 4
Importance and Benefits of E Governance 5
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