8 States Heed PM's Call on Competitive Federalism
Four states want to
replicate Karnataka's Vehicles Database Management System, while three
others want Gujarat's `Suraksha Setu Project' aimed at crime prevention
Eight states have heeded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for “cooperative and competitive
federalism“ and expressed willingness to replicate some of the
award-winning egovernance initiatives implemented in other parts of the
country.Prime Minister's home state Gujarat and Congress-ruled
Karnataka head the list of states whose projects are most popular,
details accessed by ET show.While four states want to replicate
Karnataka's `Effective Vehicles Database Management System', three
states want to copy Gujarat's `Suraksha Setu Project' aimed at crime
prevention.Gujarat, which has won two dozen national e-governance awards
since 2008, has found takers for its other projects too.
The PM had given the call in February and on the Civil Services Day in April further exhorted state governments to send their teams to study the award-winning initiatives of other states and identify which they would like to replicate.
Officials said the Prime Minister's Office is keeping an eye on the exercise. “At the next Civil Services Day, the PM could be briefed on the award-winning e-governance initiatives as well as those awarded for excellence in public administration that have been picked for replication by other states,“ a senior government official said.
Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Nagaland want to replicate the project implemented by Kar nataka in Mandya to trace the owners of unclaimed vehicles lying in police stations. Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Assam also want to replicate Suraksha Setu project, under which 604 CCTV cameras, connected to a control room through a 200-km long underground optical fibre network, have been installed at 113 strategic locations, leading to a reduction in crime rate by a third.
Besides, Maharashtra and Jharkhand want to replicate Gujarat's `Barcoded Ration Card' project and `Biometric Food Coupon' project, which won a national award last year for ensuring there is no leakage in public distribution system. Chhattisgarh, on the oth er hand, is replicating `Gujarat's Mineral Administration and Governance through ICT (MAGIC)' project.
Modi, while addressing civil servants in April, had suggested that teams of officers from each state visit the districts in states which had won awards for their initiatives. “See how the project was conceptualised, what were the resources, how the infrastructure was created, what difficulties were faced...you can come back to your state and see if it can be replicated or suitably modified to be implemented in your district.This process should be institutionalised. Let's begin it...it's not enough to just print a booklet on the award-winning initiatives,“ he had said.
Earlier, in February, while addressing chief ministers at the first governing council meeting of NITI Aayog, the PM had said that he saw great scope for states to share their best practices and create a portal for state functionaries to share their experiences.
ET VIEW
First, Make More Spectrum Available
Competition among states to serve people better using technology is healthy. Hopefully, the Centre's Digital India initiative will also help prevent corruption in government services by making most things available online.For e-governance projects to be successful, and citizens to transact online, the ability of the telecom infrastructure to carry data needs to grow manifold. That, in turn, depends on the availability of spectrum. The Centre must have policies to ensure that more spectrum is made available cheap. Only then can states replicate e-governance initiatives.
The PM had given the call in February and on the Civil Services Day in April further exhorted state governments to send their teams to study the award-winning initiatives of other states and identify which they would like to replicate.
Officials said the Prime Minister's Office is keeping an eye on the exercise. “At the next Civil Services Day, the PM could be briefed on the award-winning e-governance initiatives as well as those awarded for excellence in public administration that have been picked for replication by other states,“ a senior government official said.
Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Nagaland want to replicate the project implemented by Kar nataka in Mandya to trace the owners of unclaimed vehicles lying in police stations. Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Assam also want to replicate Suraksha Setu project, under which 604 CCTV cameras, connected to a control room through a 200-km long underground optical fibre network, have been installed at 113 strategic locations, leading to a reduction in crime rate by a third.
Besides, Maharashtra and Jharkhand want to replicate Gujarat's `Barcoded Ration Card' project and `Biometric Food Coupon' project, which won a national award last year for ensuring there is no leakage in public distribution system. Chhattisgarh, on the oth er hand, is replicating `Gujarat's Mineral Administration and Governance through ICT (MAGIC)' project.
Modi, while addressing civil servants in April, had suggested that teams of officers from each state visit the districts in states which had won awards for their initiatives. “See how the project was conceptualised, what were the resources, how the infrastructure was created, what difficulties were faced...you can come back to your state and see if it can be replicated or suitably modified to be implemented in your district.This process should be institutionalised. Let's begin it...it's not enough to just print a booklet on the award-winning initiatives,“ he had said.
Earlier, in February, while addressing chief ministers at the first governing council meeting of NITI Aayog, the PM had said that he saw great scope for states to share their best practices and create a portal for state functionaries to share their experiences.
ET VIEW
First, Make More Spectrum Available
Competition among states to serve people better using technology is healthy. Hopefully, the Centre's Digital India initiative will also help prevent corruption in government services by making most things available online.For e-governance projects to be successful, and citizens to transact online, the ability of the telecom infrastructure to carry data needs to grow manifold. That, in turn, depends on the availability of spectrum. The Centre must have policies to ensure that more spectrum is made available cheap. Only then can states replicate e-governance initiatives.
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