[Jamuna]

Press Trust of India
New Delhi, March 13
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Intensifying its efforts to make Delhi the number one cyber city in the country by this year end, Delhi government organised an "IT Road Show" showcasing its successful e-governance projects.

"One of the goals of our government was to improve the government-citizen interaction and to make capital the number one cyber city," said Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while inaugurating the function organised by Delhi's Information Technology department.

"Trust begets trust. A society moves forward only when its people feel that they are a part of the decision-making. This effort of ours will facilitate a wider dissemination of information to citizens," she said.

However, Dikshit said that along with e-governance, the government would also have to simplify the complicated procedures followed by various departments, which in turn would evoke trust among the citizens.

Congratulating the IT department for providing computer kiosks in slums, Dikshit said this endeavour would help in narrowing down the "digital divide" between the various strata of the society.

Computerisation in 23 departments of the Delhi government has been completed with many more departments to go the same way, she added.

The show was also attended by Chief Secretary Shailja Chandra, Principal Secretary (IT) S Raghunathan and Special Secretary (IT) Prakash Kumar.


Source: Hindustan Times
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