Two day National Conference on e-Governance inaugurated in Hyderabad
The Union Minister of State for Consumers Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Commerce & Industry, C.R. Choudhary and the Minister of Information Technology, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries and Commerce of Telangana state K.T. Ramarao inaugurated the 21st National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad today. In his presidential address C.R. Choudhary has called for a change in the mind-set of people if e-Governance has to be made effective and bring qualitative changes in people’s life. Through e-Governance we can bring transparency, eliminate corruption and reduce time in delivery of services to citizens, he added. Giving examples of benefits of e-Governance, the minister cited elimination of nearly 3 crore duplicate ration cards from Public Distribution System, which resulted in saving of Rs.17000 crores and ensured delivery of food grains to the needy persons only. He said e-Governance can help in ease of doing business and thus fulfil the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s objective of attracting more Foreign Direct Investment into the country. He said good schemes needed good implementation through e-Governance. Urging the use of Technology for development, he wished the delegates fruitful deliberations during the panel discussions.
In his address K.T.Ramarao said digital revolution should lead to digital democracy and fruits of technological power should be used for economic development of the people. Quoting Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s directive, Ramarao reminded them that the aim of technology should be to help people.
Earlier, the two Ministers jointly inaugurated an IT Exhibition where the e-Governance projects of various State Governments and the Centre were displayed. The theme of the Conference this year is, ‘Technology for accelerating Development’. Panel discussions will be held on four themes: Building User Experience, Universalization and Replication and Governing e-Governance, e-Governance Good/ Best Practices and Emerging Technologies. The theme of the Wrap up Session will be ‘Synergising Role of National and State Governments’.
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North- Eastern Region, MoS PMO, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh will address the Valedictory Session tomorrow and present the National e-Governance Awards 2018 in 8 categories concerning various aspects of e-Governance comprising of Gold and Silver in each category.
