In 2009, National e-Governance Division (NeGD) was created by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) as an Independent Business Division under the Digital India Corporation {erstwhile Media Lab Asia}. Since 2009, NeGD has been playing a pivotal role in supporting the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology in Programme Management and implementation of e-Governance Projects and initiatives undertaken by Ministries/ Departments, both at Central and State levels.
The envisioned roles and responsibilities of NeGD are as follows:
- Providing strategic direction in gterms of framing policies and implementation strategy for the Digital India Programme in different domains of e-Governance
- Proactive support to Central and State Governments for Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) and other e-Governance projects
- Acting as a facilitator and catalyst for implementation of Digital India Program by various Ministries and State Governments
- Providing technical assistance to Central Ministries/ State Line Departments in their e-Governance projects either directly or in collaboration with professional consultants
- Undertaking technical appraisal of e-Governance projects for examining issues like overall technology, architecture, framework standards, security policy, service delivery mechanism, sharing of common infrastructure, etc
- Developing generic / model Expression of Interest (EoI), Request for Proposal (RFP), Standard Contracts, PPP Models and other related documents for various stages and requirements of projects for use by the States
- 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 of all States / UTs
- Recruitment, deployment and HR management of specialised resources in the State e-Governance Mission Teams (SeMTs) in all States and UTs
- Training and development initiatives, including-
- Development of competency frameworks, training guidelines, case studies, etc
- Developing Online and Web based Training and set up Learning Management System
- Knowledge management and sharing through workshops, development of case studies, sharing best practises and creation of knowledge repositories, etc