E-governance is stepping stone for good governance: UIDAI chief

Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman J Satyanarayana on Friday said that e-governance is a “stepping stone” for good governance and it is all about transformation. “Technology, policy and governance are more or less inter-connected deeply in several ways... for these three things to function in a vibrant manner we need citizen centric policies, open technologies which will lead to good governance,” he said. He also said good governance should have elements like efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, responsiveness, accountability, which is again supported by concepts like equity, consensus orientation, rule of law and inclusivity. Stating that good governance should be at the back of those who create large programmes or design policies, he said "e-governance is a stepping stone for good governance and e-governance is about transformation." Hesaidthereare external and internal symptoms whereinterventions arerequiredtobring in this transformation like long processes, air of mystification, silo approach and outdatedtechnologies, amongothers."Fourpillarsofe-governance is people, process, technology andbusinessmodel- assustainabelity is very important," he added. Satyanarayana was speakingonthetopic“Digitizing Public Services” at the Global Technology Summit 2017, organised by Carnegie India here.

Satyanarayana said good governance should be at the back of those who create large programmes or design policies