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In India, efforts to achieve smaller government through efficiency, re-engineering service systems, government transparency and an emphasis on citizen services and satisfaction have received particular attention by the wider public. The recent implementation of various e-government projects can be considered part of this wider developmental goal. This chapter focuses primarily on recent challenges in governing India’s emerging megacities and is followed by an overview of e-governance initiatives nationwide. The third part examines the perspectives, successes and shortfalls of different e-governance projects in the emerging megacities of Hyderabad and Bangalore.
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Dittrich, C. (2014). E-Governance Initiatives in India: Case Studies from Hyderabad and Bangalore. In: Kraas, F., Aggarwal, S., Coy, M., Mertins, G. (eds) Megacities. International Year of Planet Earth. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3417-5_16
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