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27 Jul, 2014 08:05 PM

'Mygov' portal to help people participate in governance

'Mygov' portal to help people participate in governance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched Mygov (http://mygov.nic.in/), an interactive website that seeks to foster participatory governance but which also aims to keep lakhs of volunteers who enrolled for the Modi campaign engaged. 

The site looks to engage ordinary people as well as experts through "discuss" platform while providing for more hands on engagement through a "do" window. 

Modi said the initiative intends to keep voters connected with government during the period between elections. Often a big gap opens up when a government assumes office and people's participation ends with voting. This will encourage citizens to contribute to governance. 

The platform is, however, not intended to be a grievance redressal mechanism, but an initiative that the government hopes will encourage purposeful engagement.  

MyGov carries forward the Digital Engagement that had its roots in India272 and other digital platforms during the general election campaign. It has Volunteering at its heart with a Digital First Strategy. It has multiple features  through which Motivated Citizens and Subject Matter Experts can voice their Opinions on key areas of Governance and can also make an impact by taking up Tasks that will make a difference on the ground. An innovative feature of the Platform is the ability to track time committed to volunteering and the credits earned. This allows for Gamification thus making the serious business of Volunteering for India also fun. MyGov is the first of its kind Digital Platforms in India and perhaps even the World in its scope, ambition and aspiration. It is an important building block towards Narendra Modi’s Vision of a Digital India.



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