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6.4.1. Government to Citizen (G2C) Initiatives:

Computerisation of Land Records (Department of Land Resources): A pilot project on computerization of Land Records, which was 100% centrally-sponsored started in1994-95 onwards.

Bhoomi Project in Karnataka (Online Delivery of Land Records): Bhoomi is a self- sustainable e-Governance project for the computerized delivery of 20 million rural land records to 6.7 million farmers.

Gyandoot (Madhya Pradesh): It is an Intranet-based service delivery with the twin objective of providing relevant information to the rural population and acting as an interface between the district administration and the people. The services offered through the Gyandoot network include: daily agricultural commodity rates (mandibhav), income certificate, public grievance redressal, BPL family list etc.

Lokvani Project in Uttar Pradesh: Its objective is to provide a single window, self- sustainable-Governance solution with regard to handling of grievances, land record maintenance and providing a mixture of essential services.

Project FRIENDS in Kerala: FRIENDS (Fast, Reliable, Instant, Efficient Network for the Disbursement of Services) is a Single Window Facility providing citizens the means to pay taxes and other financial dues to the State Government.

MyGov: It aims to establish a link between Government and Citizens towards meeting the goal of good governance. MyGov encourages citizens as well as people abroad to participate in various activities i.e. 'Do', 'Discuss', 'Poll', 'Talk', ‘Blog’, etc.

Digital Locker System: It serves as a platform to enable citizens to securely store and share their documents with service providers who can directly access them electronically.