Question

Which one of the following initiatives is/are identified by the 11th Five year Plan for accelerating the 'National e-governance programme'?
$1$. Making digital signatures mandatory for e-commerce, e-government and e-banking initiatives.
$2$. Promoting technologies such as wireless fidelity (Wi-fi) for providing the last mile connectivity to the place where copper wiring is not possible.
Select the correct answer using the code given.

• A. $1$ only
• B. $2$ only
• C. Both $1$ and $2$
• D. Neither $1$ nor $2$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Both $1$ and $2$

National E-Governance Programme was introduced to improve electronic governance, focusing on the rising use of electronic medium of various operations. The highlights of the programme are:
(i) Govt Approved $27$ Mission Mode Projects and $8$ components on May $18,2006$.
(ii) It has three components.
(a) Common Service Centre
(b) State Wide Area Network(SWAN)
(c) State Data Centre
(iii) E-Governance, E-Commerce and E-Banking through Digital signature.
(iv) Wi-Fi facilities to remote places.