E-governance in India: Challenges and opportunities
Author(s): Sartaj Singh
Abstract: E-Governance in India is the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance government process, services and interactions with its citizens. E-Governance has emerged as an essential instrument of reforming the Indian public administration given its prospective ability to increase transparency, accessibility and efficiency. But, e-Governance in such a diverse and vast country like India also bear several challenges, some of which include the aspect of digital literacy, infrastructure, security on the internet and the digital divide between the rural and urbanized. Additionally, lack of change acceptance to bureaucratic organizations and a low level of training may hinder development. Nevertheless, despite these obstacles e-Governance can generate invaluable opportunities of improving service delivery and improve accountability, inclusiveness in governance. The adoption of technologies such as block chain, cloud computing and data analytics will reduce corruption, streamline the process of doing things and enhance the way government services are handled. One of the initiatives that is taking the country forward towards a digitally empowered nation is Digital India and State-wise e-Governance-systems. Through the assistance of recent solution such as increasing penetration rates of the internet, improving digital literacy and strengthening security framework, India has the ability to use the potential of e-Governance to its full extent and the future of e-Governance in India has possibilities to make governance more participatory, effective and transparent.
DOI: 10.33545/26646021.2026.v8.i1b.835Pages: 93-97 | Views: 78 | Downloads: 16Download Full Article: Click Here
How to cite this article:
Sartaj Singh.
E-governance in India: Challenges and opportunities. Int J Political Sci Governance 2026;8(1):93-97. DOI:
10.33545/26646021.2026.v8.i1b.835