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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Portal for Citizens to Contribute to Governance Saturday July 26,2014


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday July 26,2014 launched a website MyGov that aims to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues like clean river Ganga or skill development.


The inauguration of the people-centric platform also marks the completion of 60 days of the new government.

The Prime Minister said that in the past 60 days, the experience of his government was that there were many people who wanted to contribute towards nation-building and devote their time and energy

MyGov (mygov.nic.in) is a technology-driven medium that will provide citizens an opportunity to contribute towards good governance, the statement added.

"The platform would bridge gap gulf between people and government. Democracy cannot succeed without people's participation in government and this participation should not be limited only during elections," the Prime Minister said.

National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) will implement and manage the platform.

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, Department of Electronics and Information Technology Secretary RS Sharma were also present at the launch.

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