“Right to Information Act” – a tool for good governance through ICT

Singh, Shalini; Karn, Bhaskar

doi:10.1108/14779961211285890

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“…Overall, implementation research has highlighted significant limitations in the outcomes of RTI laws around the world. Hence, both the supply-side issues (like inadequately trained PIOs, lack of motivation among PIOs, lack of infrastructure) and demandside issues (like limited public awareness and high compliance costs) limit the effective implementation of RTI laws (Singh, 2012).…”

Section: The Right To Information Revolution: Expectations Versus Rea...mentioning

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Expectation versus Reality: Political Expediency and Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Bashir,

Nisar

2020

Public Administration Quarterly

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The Right to Information laws have been seen as a critical step in the global movement towards increased transparency of governments. In this article, we empirically analyze the implementation of the RTI law in Punjab, Pakistan by studying the experiences of citizens as they try to access information from different government departments. Our research suggests that the RTI law of Punjab incurs a disproportionate administrative burden in the form of high compliance, learning and cognitive costs on citizens. More importantly, a combination of lack of political interest, bureaucratic inertia and low local demand suggest that the RTI law is merely a ceremonial law with the government having limited interest in its effective implementation. Hence, our research suggests going beyond the mere introduction of RTI laws and calls for increased empirical inquiry of the local demand, policy formulation process, and the implementation of such laws.

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Section: The Right To Information Revolution: Expectations Versus Rea...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Expectation versus Reality: Political Expediency and Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Bashir,

Nisar

2020

Public Administration Quarterly

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“…Contextually, the NeGP strategy is to realize NeGP vision through centralized initiative, decentralized implementation and central role of line ministries with the emphasis on public private partnerships (Chandrashekhar, 2005). Moreover, the plan has also given Right to Information Act (RTI) as tool (Singh and Karn, 2012), strategic framework for good governance through e-governance optimization and tried to implement in many states (Kalsi and Kiran, 2015).…”

Section: National E-governance Plan and Mission Mode Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digitizing grey portions of e-governance

Soni

Dey

Anand

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Purpose-The purpose of this research paper is to assess e-Governance efficacy in various sectors of India. The paper develops on GST methodology and enlightens grey portions of e-Governance in select sectors. Research study identifies few grey criteria which affect implementation of ICT applications to support sustainable e-Governance. Such criteria are related to information security breaches, IT policy implementation, investments and strategic advantages for the various sector developments. Methodology-Considering 'information' as sensitive element to security for administration and part of dark portion to Indian economy, GST based COmplex PRroportional ASsessment (COPRAS-G) method is adopted to assess the e-Governance efficacy. The method provides flexible MCDM approach to assess e-Governance in prioritize the sector alternatives of future strategic development. Priority order of select sectors is estimated and COPRAS-G method is used in the research study to support decision making on e-Governance. Study compares ten major GDP dependent sectors based on few grey criteria. These criteria are chosen based on authors perspective on this study and feedback received from government officials of district levels under the Digital India-training programme. To address the subjectivity lies in e-Governance grey areas of sector, criteria are also weighted using fuzzy scale. Later methodology based results are presented to draw a strategic road map for strategic development of the country. Findings-On applying COPRAS-G method to predict pessimistic, optimistic and realistic scenario of e-Governance implementation across the ten sectors, high priory order in realistic scenario of results shows that implementation of ICT applications for e-Governance should be in the sectors like Environment, Climate Change and in the Railways. Industrial Sector is also ranked as preferred one over the other sectors on the basis of e-Governance efficacy assessment. Research implications-Here COPRAS-G method is used as MCDM techniques. However, few other MCDM techniques such as GRA, DRSA, VIKOR, SMAA, SWARA and SAW can be also explored to outrank various Indian sectors to deal with subjectivity in decision making. Practical implications-Implementation of ICT applications to support e-Governance varies sector to sector. ICT based governance involves high degree of complexity in driving the operations for development of respective sectors. Therefore, Government and policy makers need more flexibility to overcome present barriers of sector development. Such research can support decision making where GST based COPRAS-G method is able to capture and address the breaches of information security. Moreover, management concern for sector development has been presented on the basis of i.e. pessimistic, optimistic and realistic scenario more precisely. Social implications-The results can provide guidance to the academicians, policy makers and public sector highlights various possible measures to handle the security breaches in multi facet intention of...

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“…In the context of information security, IT policy implementation e-governance, few research studies have been carried out. Those include Grimsley et al (2007), Khoumbati and Themistocleous (2007), Axelsson et al (2010), Bertot et al (2012), Hansen and Kræmmergaard (2013), Inkinen (2012), Singh and Karn (2012), Rotchanakitumnuai (2013), Sheffer Corrêa et al (2014), Khan et al (2014), Zahir and Muhammad (2014), Alenezi et al (2015), Aldin Alaa et al (2015), Kalsi and Kiran (2015), Stefanou and Skouras (2015), Dahiya and Mathew (2016) and Gupta and Suri (2017).…”

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Quantifying e-governance efficacy towards Indian–EU strategic dialogue

Soni

Anand

Dey

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Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to assess efficacy of e-governance implementation, influenced under the Indian-EU (European Union – EU) strategic dialogue. For the same purpose, this study aims to analyse and measure penetration level of information and communication technology (ICT) applications across ten select gross domestic product-dependent sectors (gross domestic product – GDP) in Indian economy. Design/methodology/approach Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach of PROMETHEE, using its partial and complete versions in fuzzy environment, is applied. The approach assesses e-governance efficacy in various sectors, which is chosen based on their contribution to GDP, where criteria values are assigned by expert opinions, feedback is received and lessons are learnt from training and initiatives taken under the Digital India programme launched by the Government of India. These criteria related to IT policy implementation, cyber security breaches, IT infrastructure development initiatives in select sectors are identified. Later, sectors outranking results have been highlighted using both fuzzy set theory along with PROMETHEE (F-PROMETHEE) and its visual application. Findings On applying F-PROMETHEE, studies found that industrial, railways, health and finance and education sectors outrank in their high merit orders. Contrary, outranking shows that agriculture, defence and aerospace sectors should be more open and accessible to adopt ICT applications in order to promote e-governance processes and their implementation to make e-services available to common citizens. For better interpretation of results, graphical analysis for interactive aid is used to present the analyses. Research limitations/implications Research study was found useful in the assessment of ICT penetration level in to support Indo-EU relations, where PROMETHEE method is used to outrank sectors alternatives. Criteria are also weighted using fuzzy scale, and the impact of criteria on all alternatives has also been assessed. MCDM framework addresses that subjectivity lies in sectors to implement ICTs bases services. However, few other MCDM frameworks, methods such as COPRAS, GST, GRA, SAW and SWARA, can be used for the same purpose. Practical implications Sectors alternative involve high degree of complexity to adopt ICT applications for smooth e-governance and seek effective decision-making for investment prioritization and future development. This study also aims to address cyber security concerns of policymakers. Outranking methods of F-PROMETHEE are able to address the criteria-to-criteria impact and support decision-making in a more precise way. Social implications This study is inspired from the strategic implementation of the framework of the e-Government Action Plan 2016-2020 of the EU. The findings from the paper can provide referential support to the Indian Government and policymakers to support information delivery, implement cyber security policies and various sector developments. Originality/value This research study can act as a strong base in the decision-making process in conflicting situations of e-governance in India. This study not only can synergize conflicting ideas of various stakeholders, academicians in the Indian IT-sector but also can act as support to administrators and the policymakers to monitor the status of the India-EU Information Society Dialogue.

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“Right to Information Act” – a tool for good governance through ICT

Cited by 8 publications

References 1 publication

Expectation versus Reality: Political Expediency and Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Expectation versus Reality: Political Expediency and Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Digitizing grey portions of e-governance

Quantifying e-governance efficacy towards Indian–EU strategic dialogue

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