Wednesday, March 25, 2009

e-Governance or creation of private monopolies ?

e-Governance or creation of private monopolies ?

In quest for e-governance are we creating private monopolies in some way. In quest for better services through the private sector have we created monopolies which will be the foundation of future problems? A few perceived or real monopolies in e-governance are discussed below:
1. CSC - Regional Monopolies of Private Companies investing in infrastructure
2. Issuance of Passports - TCS
3. MCA21 - TCS
4. e-Biz - Infosys (expected media news infosys is L1)
5. ESIC - Wipro
6. Income Tax - NSDL, UTISL
7. SeMTs - The private consulting organization to be selected in each state
…and many more. Will be glad if someone can suggest some safeguards which the Government has taken to avoid the private sector monopolies.

Regards,
Sameer Sachdeva

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