Goa overtakes Karnataka as country’s best e-governed state

The tourist destination of Goa has overtaken the country’s IT nerve centre of Karnataka as the best e-governed state in India.

According to a study conducted by research firm IDC India for leading IT industry magazine Dataquest, the national capital of Delhi has occupied the third position behind Goa and Karnataka in the e-governance Satisfaction Study 2006 conducted in 20 states across the country. Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have taken the fourth and fifth positions respectively.

Uttar Pradesh has been bestowed with the dubious distinction of being the state with the poorest record in e-governance. The other laggards are Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab and Rajasthan, which is at the second last place.

However, Karnataka, which is home to more than 1,800 Information Technology (IT) companies, had the consolation for emerging as the best e-governed state in South India. Delhi for North India, Goa for West India and Assam for East India took the remaining three positions as the best regional e-governed states.

The study did not take into account states like Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Union Territories.