The eGov Foundation’s DIGIT platform now supports the National Urban Digital Mission with the goal of promoting successful citizen-centric governance by enabling access to civic services and offering ease of living for all people.
With a focus on attaining the goal of ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat,’ NIUA and eGov Foundation have begun collaborating on enhanced urban government, bridging the research-practice divide.
The goal of this partnership is to develop and execute the National Urban Governance Platform (NUGP), one of the National Urban Digital Mission’s many initiatives (NUDM).
The National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) was established in February 2021 to improve residents’ quality of life by delivering electronic governance services in collaboration with state and municipal governments. The Mission is establishing a national governance platform, which will be a cloud-based platform with nine services applications, including property tax assessment and payment, building plan approval, municipal grievance redress, trade license issuance and payment, No-Objection Certificate (NOC) issuance, water, and sewerage connection management, NMAM compliant municipal accounting and finance, birth and death certificates, and user charges such as electricity and water supply.
The NUGP platform will aid in the easier and more effective operation of municipal government, benefiting inhabitants in over 4,700 towns and cities across India.
“On Azadi ka #AmritMahotsava, I am pleased to witness the association between NIUA and eGov Foundation. The partnership will help the National Urban Governance Platform deliver inclusive and accessible municipal e-governance services to each Indian citizen in our 4700+ emerging cities across India”, observed Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, while addressing the representatives of the NIUA and eGov Foundation at an event held at Nirman Bhawan.
The NUDM intends to create integrated platforms that will support the MoHUA’s digital activities to modernise urban India, making life, business, and service delivery easier for all people. DIGIT will be part of one of these integrated platforms.
Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation, said, “eGov Foundation has spent the better part of the last two decades working towards building ease of access and ease of living for every Indian. We currently work with 16 Indian state governments towards the objective of the creation of a transparent, sustainable, scalable citizen-state engagement.
The main objective of eGov is impacted at speed and scale by using free, open-source technology to enable and transform the governance and delivery of services provided by urban local bodies while facilitating interaction between citizens and governments in a transparent and simple manner.
We are delighted to be part of this initiative and with our platform DIGIT, (Digital Infrastructures for Governance, Impact, and Transformation), being selected as the platform for NUDM. This aligns perfectly with eGov’s vision of enhanced citizen-state engagement.”
DIGIT enables local governments to efficiently, effectively, and transparently operate urban governance services. The system, process, and decision-making may all be done digitally thanks to cutting-edge technology. This is a must-do not only because of the epidemic but also because of the necessity to revolutionize government and civic technology.
