India is the second most populated country; consequently it is the country of problems and barriers. Country which has the biggest threat to implement any policy up to the grass root level because of the several steps and several mediators in between the policy makers and beneficiaries of policies. That’s why in order to curb these loop holes Government India had declared year, 2001, as the year of E- Governance. The Government of India along with many state governments is taking interest to introduce e-governance in different areas especially in public utility services department. E-governance basically amounts to apply Information Technology (IT) in government functions. In short, e-governance is IT enabled governance. E-governance introduces a major breakthrough in the way of the government functioning. The ‘paperless office’ in government organizations normally results only in two circumstances. Firstly, when there is no budget to buy paper and secondly, when the paper is misplaced. But any serious attempt in application of IT in government functions will have to take into account the hidden resistance to the whole process. Change is always resisted and this resistance, among other things can come from the culture of the government organizations.  So In this endeavour, we emphasize on the pros and cons in the proper implementation
of e governance in urban local bodies and municipal corporation.

Keywords: E-governance, Information communication technology

Suggested citation: Sastri, R. & Roy, S. (2007). Role of e-governance in modernisation of municipal corporations in India. Skyline Business Journal, Voume 4, No.1, pp 46-49

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