Ache
din aanevale hai!
We
have been saying this since the beginning of the Modi campaign, and after a
long period into his tenure we sure have doubts about his management, what with
the beef ban and the excess Hindutva show. Then came a time for the brooms to
rise again, with Kejriwal rising again in Delhi, and the nation began to think
if he should have been the prime minister. And then again, the AAP government
came up against the wall of their problems.
A
nation is worked by a prime minister; a nation moves on the backs of the
managerial committee; and the same nation thinks with the minds of its
citizens. Quite similar to the “of the people, for the people, by the people”
statement by Abraham Lincoln, this is how a true democracy must function. We must
not discount our voices in the shout for development, and for justice and for a
good future; but we should rank ourselves as important figures for the future
of the nation. It is rightly said, “Every tiny drop contributes to an ocean”.
With
the scale of development at a high, technology and its use are being
increasingly used at previously unthought-of levels. E-governance is one of the
important aims of the Modi government and is sought to be one of the top
priority aims in coming times. With science and the tech world racing ahead of
the generation, it is certain that the time has come for us to latch on to the
Ferrari of the future from our Maruti 800 of the past.
Our
visits to each and every government are marred by the lack of speed and agility
in the staff, but is it entirely their fault? Our lives have been exposed so
much to technology that anything which is devoid of machinery impacts a slow
feeling to us. This is exactly where e-governance must insert itself to pick up
the dropped baton of hope we have on our system.
But
this is not a time to talk about the grievances and the problems which we face
in our day to day exchanges we have with our government. This time is for us to
head into the future with our hands held together and with the whole nation
embracing and trusting technology to lead us into a new day.
Coming
to think of it, e-governance has more to it than what meets the eye. A steady
growth in a resolute e-governance system will not only make it easier for
people to get access to government services, but to a point, it will help
cultivate their technological knowledge as well. Reducing the pains faced by the
citizens, this move to e-governance will work to hike the satisfaction and the
happiness of the people on its government, leading to a sure rise in
development.
In
numerical terms, the introduction of technology and most probably the internet
too shall work to increase the people reached by the government, and this is a
very important point as it can and will lead to a rise in the money obtained
from taxes, etc. By curtailing the lack of knowledge on information and
communication technology (ICT), this move will lead to a development of human
resource and also human capital, which shall in turn facilitate the nation’s
growth.
But
those are all very complicated economic terms which are clouding our mind. Let’s
just stick to the basics and consider an example.
Last
week, one of my friends had to get his car papers updated. Reaching the
assigned office at the given time, he waited for an hour before he was shown
the door, the reason being stated that the officer wasn’t in a good mood. (One
of the reasons behind me not even applying for a driver’s license.)
With
submissions week looming on us, my friend wasted an hour and bunked a couple of
lectures to just reach the place on time, and in the end it all went in vain. This
was the plight of one honest citizen who got sent away just for a reason
non-existent in any rule book. E-governance will work to control this and maybe
in the future, we shall be able to finish such chores sitting at home by
uploading certain documents in the form of images.
This
will further lead to save the time, energy and also scarce resources being wasted
in the travelling and waiting, etc. Working on the basic problems will also
contribute to development in some way or the other and this will in the end
benefit the nation.
To
cover a major populace, there will have to be the introduction of various, and I
mean hundreds, of servers which shall not hang or face performance issues (like
IRCTC), and there shall also be needed a security system to prevent
manipulation. This step shall in turn update the nation in term of technology as
it might signify an increase in the internet users.
Parts
of the population cannot be sidetracked with e-governance, and thus this surely
means that rural areas shall face a complete upheaval and will rise in the fire
of development. Working on this new idea will increase opportunities for the
youth, and shall induce employment in the technological sector and to a point
this may work to reduce brain drain from our nation. But this idea surely will
take India into the pro league.
The
process of conversion from our age old methods to this new and efficient way is
a cumbersome process and it is already in action. Time consuming and also a
pain in the neck, the result is surely something we must wait for in the
future. Contributing not only in terms of technological development, this idea
shall take our nation ahead on a lot of points. The future is bright for our
nation as this plan progresses to the final stages to see a digital India. We must
believe and contribute in every possible way to this initiative to see a
digital India as soon as possible.
This
post is written for the #DigitalIndia
contest by Intel on Indiblogger.
