In
recent years, owing to technological developments and emerging security and
administrative challenges, many governments are implementing schemes and
programs through information technology platforms. This change offers both
chances and challenges.
What in your opinion are
those major chances and challenges?
The
information technology enabled national programmes and plans, necessitated by
the modern challenges in security and governance, are becoming common among
many nations. Like any transition, this dependence of
real-time-technology-based measures is a mix of possibilities and problems.
The
primary thing is that it is real-time and the government and the governed are
at a greater advantage in terms of time. For example, a citizen can very easily
access a government certified document online if he or she is prepared to upload
the needed particulars online. What is saved is precious time of people and
those in power. Besides this, such a system would help plug duplication, track
criminals, mitigate manipulations and ensure transparency. Above all, highly
populated nations would be able to keep tab on their citizens in terms of their
health, wealth, domicile and data on taxes and transactions. These are some of
the upsides.
Though
possibilities galore, it is hard to lose sight of the concerns. The thing is IT
platforms are not as secure as people are told. This can be explained with an
example. Since IT service providers work world over and services are contracted across the spectrum by private firms, any evil element could hack a site and grab valuable data of the whole population and use it for commercial or criminal needs. This concern
would get aggravated when people come to know that their precious personal
particulars are being handled by people they have never known before or will
ever know at all. This is nightmarish. Ultimately, people’s privacy may get
hijacked, to say the least.
In
short, if observed objectively, IT enabled government schemes and plans to meet
the challenges of governance and security are good in many more ways than one.
But, a close look at this shift would reveal that there are serious pitfalls.
Sadly, many nations cannot do without them.
290 words. Jaypeesdoc.
25.7.15
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