Budget 2015: Is Tech Policy On The Cards?
Two, this advance is good if one or two serious objectives are to be achieved but is not scalable. In a country like India, with multiple governance priorities-many of them very basic requirements-building non-scalable projects is not the best of approaches.
The third is an opportunity cost, from the point of view of long-standing planning. A good technology platform with multiple government applications allows the plan makers to take a unified and comparative view of different programs and their implementations. It makes planning a lot easier.
A unified policy statement and goal setting broaden the chances to succeed, when all the stake holders feel they are responsible for the development, they begin to work towards it with dedication.
This is something Modi himself has reiterated time and again even while being the chief minister of Gujarat. Often in the framework of e-governance, that unless turning the government programs to missions that could guarantee everyone’s participation, it is difficult to succeed.
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