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Summary of Country Reports
However, some issues need to be addressed for the actualization
of the e-India dream: implementation of e-governance initiatives is very
slow with long gestation periods and coordination among ministries in
implementing e-government programmes is inefficient. Funding of all
e-initiatives need to be sustainable in the long term. Issues of privacy
and authentication also need sensitive handling. One of the major challenges
to implement e-governance in India is providing e-services to 70
per cent of the Indian population that lives in rural areas. Future plans
aim to deliver a SMART Government to the people i.e. (S) Simple, (M)
Moral, (A) Accountable, (R) Responsive and (T) Transparent Government.
The Government of India is committed to the actualization of the
e-India.
E. Indonesia
In comparative terms, the provision of Indonesia’s telecommunication
infrastructure is underdeveloped. Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand,
and the Philippines have reached penetration rates of 125.84 per cent,
62.36 per cent, 65.92 per cent, 36.55 per cent and 23.29 per cent respectively,
total as of December 2003. In Indonesia there were about 8.48
million fixed telephone lines and 18.65 million mobile telephone subscribers
at the end of 2003, marking a 3.54 per cent penetration rate. As for
the Internet user penetration rate, Indonesia reached only about 3.77 per
cent, while those five countries mentioned previously achieved 50.43 per
cent, 34.53 per cent, 10.23 per cent, 9.64 per cent, and 4.40 per cent
respectively. The Government of Indonesia has advanced the following
vision in regards to ICT development. It aims “to bring into reality a
modern information society, which is prosperous and highly competitive,
strongly supported by ICT”. In order to realize this vision, the Government
of Indonesia established the Ministry of Communication and Information
(MCI) that has the responsibility to coordinate, formulate, and disseminate
national policies and strategies for ICT development, promote usage of
ICT, and oversee the implementation. The Government of Indonesia also
formulated the National Information System Conceptual Framework
(“Konsep Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Nasional – SISFONAS 2010”).
This framework will provide the guideline for national and local government
organizations in developing their infrastructure and information systems.
The related implementation programme called the “e-Indonesia
Programme” puts the priority on digitizing all the transactions and information
for the National General Election Committee (KPU), Information
System Programme for General Election, the National Cabinet (e-Cabinet)
Programme, and the Financial System Programme (e-Finance). The Government
of Indonesia is also preparing the “One School, One Computer’s