When I first learned the topic of the day is e governance I was thinking how could India manage government services online given the slow internet speed and the high cost of internet access (given our experience at the Ginger Hotel) in the country? Professor Padmanabhan covered a lot of different areas on e governance but I think what he had mostly talked about were future plans and may not be carry out as action now.
One of the future plans is to provide wireless internet service to villages of smaller population. My next concern for the plan is if the locals have not been expose to computers or internet before, how will they be able to access the information they need? This is far away from what Friedman would expect the flat world would be. Friedman mentioned in Flattener 3 the workflow of software will allow one to stay connected all the time. If these villages does not know how to access the internet, how well of this plan will be when it carries out? And just want to insert a personal opinion here that I do think India needs to work on their infrastructure first before worrying about e governance.
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