Open AccessKiran Bedi, Parminder Jeet Singh, and Sandeep Srivastava. Governance @ Net: New Governance Opportunities for India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 374 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 295.00.
Author(s) -
Ilhan Niaz
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v41i2pp.193-195
Subject(s) - corporate governance , government (linguistics) , welfare , argument (complex analysis) , economic shortage , distribution (mathematics) , new delhi , economics , business , management , geography , market economy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , metropolitan area , archaeology
Considering that India faces an acute shortage of electricity,has a poor telephone network, an extremely low level of humandevelopment, and an even lower rate of computer ownership (4.5 perthousand), it is premature to fantasise about the benefits of electronicgovernment. Fantasising, however, is precisely what the three authors ofGovernance @ Net: New Governance Opportunities for India engage in. Theargument is that by incorporating computer technology into governancestructures the entire system can be made more efficient. It is pointedout, correctly, that India’s main problem lies with allocating resourcesefficiently. Government initiatives in social welfare and fooddistribution do not touch their targets in an effective or meaningfulmanner. People have to go through various ordeals when paying bills,posting income tax returns, and registering complaints.