Panchayats in the 21st Century: ICT Enabled Panchayati Raj

Abstract

The paper describes the status of ICT deployment in the local governments at the village and district levels in India. It discusses the potential of enabling improved planning and monitoring of projects and programs initiated at the local level by using ICTs. It also discusses the e-delivery of services from Government to citizens. It places the use of ICTs in the context of a the National Program on eGovernace that has a major rural push.