National e-Governance Division
In 2009, National e-Governance Division was created by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology as an Independent Business Division under the Digital India Corporation {erstwhile Media Lab Asia}, a section 8 not-for-profit company. Since 2009, NeGD has been playing a pivotal role in supporting MeitY in Programme Management and implementation of e-Governance Projects; providing technical and advisory support to Ministries/ Departments, both at Central and State levels along with other Government organisations.
The envisioned roles and responsibilities of NeGD are as follows:
- Providing strategic direction in terms of framing policies and implementation strategy for the Digital India Programme and projects in different domains of e-governance.
- Providing technical and advisory support to central and state governments for ‘mission mode’ projects and other e-Governance projects.
- Undertaking technical appraisal of e-governance projects for examining issues like overall technology, architecture, framework, standards, security policy, service delivery mechanism, use of common infrastructure, etc.
- Supporting the development of specific frameworks and guidelines such as the India Enterprise Architecture Framework, Digital Service Standards, etc.
- Building capacities within the government on e-governance and emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, drones, geospatial technologies, etc.
- Ensuring effective citizen engagement and communication with all stakeholders using offline and social media channels
- Impact assessment and e-readiness measurement of e-governance projects
- Recruitment, deployment, and HR management of specialised resources in the State e-Governance Mission Teams in all states and UTs
- Knowledge management and sharing of best practices through workshops, development of case studies, and creation of knowledge repositories, etc.
