UPSC Themes

UPSC CSE Mains 2025 · GS2 · 10 marks · 150 words

E-governance projects have a built-in bias towards technology and back-end integration than user-centric designs. Examine.

Theme

T106 E-governance & the digital divide

What UPSC asks in this theme

Questions ask whether e-governance favours technology over citizens, the 'interactive service model', inadequacies that limit transparency, e-governance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the 'use value' of information, and digital illiteracy hindering development.

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Writing the answer

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 6 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS2202415 marks

    E-governance is not just about the routine application of digital technology in service delivery process. It is as much about multifarious interactions for ensuring transparency and accountability. In this context evaluate the role of the 'Interactive Service Model' of e-governance.

  2. GS2202310 marks

    E-governance, as a critical tool of governance, has ushered in effectiveness, transparency and accountability in governments. What inadequacies hamper the enhancement of these features?

  3. GS22021

    Has digital illiteracy, particularly in rural areas, coupled with lack of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility hindered socio-economic development? Examine with justification.

  4. GS22020

    “The emergence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Digital Revolution) has initiated e-Governance as an integral part of government”. Discuss.

  5. GS22018

    E-governance is not only about utilization of the power of new technology, but also much about critical importance of the ‘use value’ of information. Explain.

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