Describe major requirements for implementing successful e-governance initiatives.

Major requirements for implementing successful e-governance are given as follows: E-Governance framework across the nation with enough bandwidth to service a population of one billion; Connectivity frameworks for making the services reach rural areas of the country or development of alternative means of services such as e-governance kiosks in regional languages; National Citizen Database, which is the primary unit of data for all governance vertical and horizontal applications across the state and central governments; E-governance and interoperability standards for the exchange of secure information with non-repudiation, across the state and central government departments seamlessly; A secure delivery framework by means of virtual private network connecting across the state and central government departments; and Data centers to handle the departmental workflow automation, collaboration, interaction, exchange of information with authentication; IT Literacy and awareness regarding benefits of e-governance; Optimum utilization of existing ICT infrastructure; Positive Attitude of Employees; Coordination between Government Department and Solution developers; Re-engineering of departmental processes; Infrastructure for sustaining e-governance projects on national level; Bridging the Language Divide: The local dialect of communication for a majority of population still remains the regional language or Hindi. They are not too familiar with English which still remains the most prevalent medium of interacting with any IT based application. Government need to ensure that this barrier should diminish with government initiatives to publish the portals in Hindi and local languages as well.