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E-Governance in the Government Treasuries of India - A Critical Evaluation

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Research Scholar and State Service Officer LM Thapar School of Mgt, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 1, Issue (3), Pages 45-50, November,14 (2012)

Abstract

Computerization of treasuries is one of the vital components of the e-governance initiatives in India. It started on the recommendation of the Finance Commission of India. Treasuries are the basic fiscal units, geographically spread in every administrative sub-units (districts) and district sub-units (sub-divisions) of the States of India (federal units). The assessment of the computerization of the treasuries is only conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India under the Information Technology Audit program. In this study, an attempt has been made to highlight the status of computerization based on the audit reports of CAG. It is being found that there are many critical aspects and shortcomings of the e-governance initiatives in treasuries. After bringing out various short -comings, some measures have been suggested for meeting up these challenges. This study would make aware of the critical aspects and short-comings to not only to the government policy makers, academicians, researchers but also to the common man as the tax payers money is involved in these e-governance initiatives.

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