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BHUBANESWAR, FEB. 3. The Union Communications and Information Technology Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, today said that the United Progressive Alliance Government had drawn up a national e-governance action plan to ensure that all citizens had access from their village to economic opportunities within the country and outside. Inaugurating the three-day 8th National Conference on e-governance here, Mr. Maran said that the mission incorporated numerous mission mode projects principally focussed on improving service delivery to citizens and businesses. These projects were being taken up by the Centre and the States for implementation in a phased manner in the next three to four years. Although the conference was an annual event, Mr. Maran said that the current year's focus was on `Capacity Building.' "Additional competencies would be needed in areas such as performance management, accountability frameworks, cooperation and collaboration across departments and public-private partnership frameworks.'' Mentioning that technology has become affordable, Mr. Maran said the myth that ICT was for the rich had given away to an understanding that they afforded huge opportunities for the economically weaker sections of society as well. The Minister hoped that the IT kiosks in villages, which numbered about 8,000 at present, would reach the one lakh mark within 2-3 years. "If we leverage e-governance appropriately, it can be done.'' The Orissa Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, said that with the use of ICT tools the government could provide services to common man in his own locality ensuring efficiency, transparency and reliability at an affordable cost. A number of IT majors and delegate from the Centre and different State governments and industry are participating in the conference.
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