Adoption of E-Governance Services among Rural People: An Assessment Study of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

There is no doubt that human intelligence is the basic prerequisite for every nation’s development. In modern society, which is fast changing, it becomes necessary to acquire, enhance, or sometimes transform the existing skills into new skills of working, so that the society can cope with the fast-changing world. As the present era is referred to as the information age and worldwide, Governments are using the electronic medium for delivering services fast and easily, the Government of India has also initiated various e-governance programmes in the urban as well as the rural areas. The digitisation of Panchayats is one of its most considerable programmes, which is a State Mission Mode Project (MMP) of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The present paper is based on qualitative and quantitative analysis and is an attempt to evaluate the adaptability of e-Panchayats by measuring the digital literacy of the villagers and Panchayat members of Uttar Pradesh. The data has been generated from a total of 180 villagers and panchayat members of Varanasi, Fatehpur and Kanpur districts.