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COMBATING CORRUPTION THROUGH E-GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM

Abstract

This paper concentrates on the impact of E-governance to control the corruption based on analysis of various projects implemented in India especially in the State of Punjab. It has been observed that the primary objective of different e-governance projects was to provide services and information to the people and organizations. Both of them have been successful curbing or reducing the corruption by providing the transparency in service delivery system. The present study is in depth analysis of some successful e-governance projects implemented in Punjab. This study shows that E-Governance projects resulted in elimination of corruption totally or substantially in many of the places. This reduction in corruption has resulted in efficient public delivery system leading to uplifting the poor and improving transparency. Hence, this research proves that e-governance can be an anti corruption weapons for the development of transparent public delivery system in Punjab.

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