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Economist.com | Articles by Subject | India<\/a><\/p>\n

The Economist has a brief article about the eSeva project in Andhra Pradesh, India. The potential of e-government projects in reducing corruption and increasing transparency is obvious to most. And the debate over priorities not withstanding, eSeva is an interesting implementation of this through a series of ‘telecenters’ with staff available to bridge the gap.<\/p>\n

The eSeva centres typically consist of a dozen counters where clerks at computer terminals can complete, online and quickly, any of a menu of 32 transactions with the government. Customers, spared several visits to government offices, where queues grow like weeds, are enthusiastic. At present, about 600,000 households a month already use the service, launched 18 months ago, in a city of 6m people. The centres are partnerships between the government and private firms, which provide the hardware in return for transaction fees. The government supplies the staff.<\/bq><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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