A Conceptual Framework for Improving the Efficacy of E-Governance in Rural Areas : An Indian Perspective

Two-thirds of the Indian population live in villages and in order to achieve the supposed objectives of e-governance, they need to be given more attention. The rural areas of the country are plagued by problems like connectivity, communication, technical illiteracy, etc., in comparison with the urban areas. Therefore, a single policy for rural as well as urban masses cannot be viable, and hence the existing service delivery mechanism needs to be re-engineered. In this paper, we have devised a new framework for improving the efficacy of e-governance in rural areas by enhanced capacity building mechanism, new modus operandi for interest generation towards IT, and inculcation of mobile and cloud technologies. Further, the proposed model also reduces the cost of infrastructure as well as delivered services, and enhances the scalability