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India Pilots E-Gov Appstore |
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www.futuregov.asia |
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Monday, June 03, 2013 |
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ICT for MDGs
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India |
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Jun 03, 2013 |
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Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), India has on Friday 31 launched the pilot programme on e-Gov application store aiming to streamline efficiency of the public sector as well as enabling citizens to receive better services.
“Including IT in the government works is expected to reduce uncertainty and improve transparency,” said Kapil Sibal, Minister of CIT.
The e-Gov Appstore aimed to be a National level common repository of productised applications, components, and web services used by various government agencies from the federal and state level, he added.
“This will enable acceleration of e-services delivery as envisaged under the National e-Governance Plan and enhance the government’s ICT spending,” he said.
Developed and hosted on the National Cloud by Department of Electronics and Information Technology through National Informatics Centre, the e-Gov Appstore currently has 20 applications, eight components and one web service. These applications are from eight different states and Union Territories and offer variety of government services both to citizens and business.
Key and common applications that are on high demand and replicable across the central and state levels will also be available on the e-Gov Appstore.
The pilot version of the e-Gov Appstore features:
Sharing of applications
Search for applications
Basic information about an application on selection
Feedback and rate an application
Two level approval process for contributing applications
Application download for authenticated users
The future development of this e-Gov Appstore will include application and components developed by both government agencies of all levels and private sector. The appstore will come with a complete eco-system that include mechanism for funding, charge back, contract management adn Service Level Agreements. This is as part of the G-Cloud initiative.
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