Speaking at the International Conference on E-governance yesterday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi pointed out how the state has been using information technology for e-governance. The following are translated excerpts of his speech (he spoke in Hindi): - On the change in expectations of pace of government response, and the role of technology and media: The last 30 years have seen the fastest rate of development, and the reason for it is advanced technology, and the most impactful has been information technology. That is why every thing has to respond at the same pace. Earlier, when there used to be any incident, people used to read it in the papers after 24 hours, and the government could respond in 24 hours. These days everything is live, as it happens. Before the government machinery can get into action, everything flares up. You can imagine how big a challenge it is. We can't blame the media - it is our responsibility, and we need to get governments ready to respond according to the change in times. - How he changed the way the government machinery was operating: When I was a new Chief Minister in 2001-2002, I used to speak with our officers, and I used to ask them - do you have this modern bouquet on your table or not? Computers in general in government offices used to be like a bouquet. No one used to open it. It was like this for years, and there was a government notification that…
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