M Governance: Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

With its e-governance plans making little headway, the UPA Government has devised a new strategy to reach out to the electorate in remote areas. The framework for mobile governance has been notified in The Gazette of India, February 2012. The proposal suits the UPA's plan to make inroads into rural areas with its populist schemes, not to miss benefits of direct cash transfer and Bharat Nirman. The ministry has entitled the new project- national Roll- out for mobile service delivery gateway (MSDG) – last November and is upgrading the service under it. This governance has a main objective to provide an effective deliver services that can enhance communication between government and people. This growth has taken India by storm with such developed technology reaching millions of homes, not only in urban areas but also rural hamlets in far-flung regions.

Present study is an attempt to understand and explore the various dimensions related to M-governance, its future prospectus and the challenges foreseen.  Secondary data has been gathered for this purpose and basic research method has been used for explaining the phenomena. As the term e-governance has got prominence in due course of time, likewise the M-governance is getting footage in the country. The things which needs due recognition is that how to make the effective use of it with a set up framework.