Govt approves capacity building scheme under National e-Governance Plan

Government on Thursday approved the Capacity Building Scheme for taking National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

NEW DELHI: The Union Government on Thursday approved the Capacity Building Scheme for taking National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) forward across the country.

The scheme is mainly for providing technical and professional support to State level policy and decision-making bodies and to develop specialised skills for e-governance.

The scheme has an outlay of Rs 313 crore (Rs 3.13 billion) for a period of three years and will be implemented by the Department of Information Technology.

The scheme envisages establishment of institutional framework for state-level strategic decision-making, including setting-up of State e-Governance Mission Team (SeMT).

Besides, the scheme also proposes to impart specialised training, orientation programme for SeMTs and decision makers (state legislature and senior bureaucrats), knowledge sharing and bringing in international best practices.
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