EGovernance transaction in India crosses 1000 crore in 2016

Transactions for availing government service electronically have increased by 33 per cent to cross 1000 crore this year, the Electronics and IT Ministry said today.
"Achieving 1000 crore e-Transactions in 2016 is an indication of the speed of digital transformation in the Government, and also an indication of the adoption of digital medium for transactions by citizens as an easy and convenient method of consuming e-Governance services," IT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said in a statement.
ETaal, the web portal for dissemination of e-Transactions statistics of National and State level e-Governance Projects, indicates the total number of e-Governance transactions in India for the year 2016 has crossed 1000 crores, the statement said.

ETaal receives transaction statistics from web based applications periodically on near real time basis. It takes into account all e-Transactions delivering public services from the Government to Citizens across categories such as agriculture, health, transportation, telecommunication, MNREGA, etc.
"Currently, in 2016 the e-transactions have crossed 1,000 crores which is 33 per cent increase from last year," the statement said.
Since the year 2014, there has been increase of the number e-transactions undertaken by the e-Governance projects.
The total e-transactions were around 350 crores in 2014, and have increased to 760 crore in the year 2015.
The top five States that contribute to the e-Transactions count in 2016 are Telangana, Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the statement said.