E-Governance Initiatives in India with Special Reference to Punjab

Abstract In the era of modernization and globalization the electronic dependency and utilization has been emerging as one of the driving force towards economic growth and development. Specifically, this scenario may not be much significant in the developed economies but it is an important area of concern in education, governance, commerce and so on. Since, India has been emerging as one of the ICT giant inthe world, it is imperative to consider the e -governance and the related issues for analysis. Hence, this paper highlights the importance of IT in implementation of SMART government in the State of Punjab; it is one of the leading states of India in all te rms of advancement. It discusses various e -governance initiatives undertaken by the state of Punjab and suggests various measures for their better implementatio