CLOUD COMPUTING & ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE: FUTURE PROSPECTS, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES IN INDIA

Owais Charag; Irshad Ahmad  Malik

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v2.i2.2021.3255

Authors

Owais Charag Assistant Professor, Business Administration, University of Kashmir, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Irshad Ahmad Malik Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v2.i2.2021.3255

Keywords:

Electronic Government, Cloud Computing, Service Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Interactive Platforms and Development

Abstract [English]

The e-governance is about the new way in which public sector organizations might have to transform themselves, because of the positive impact of information communication technology on government functioning and deliverance, whereas platform independent, location independent and technology independent cloud computing has opened new frontiers of modern information communication technology, which is robust and agile. It is evaluated that the new information technology mandates will create change within government organizations, agencies and departments increasingly and thereof develop newer platform for transactions with the citizen. The precursory measures being developed are mainly about how government will deliver services to the citizen, not how to bring the citizen into the democratic or decision-making process. The present research focuses on evaluating electronic governance as new aspect of governance and strengthening of platform by using cloud computing.

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