India is keen to share its expertise in Information and Technology with the Commonwealth countries to help them take up e-governance in a big way, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said today.
Addressing the final plenary of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference here, he said that the world has witnessed a revolution in the field of information and communication technologies which has impacted it in a variety of ways.
Chatterjee, who is heading the Indian parliamentarians delegation to the 54th Commonwealth parliamentarians meeting underway here, said that there was a need for making available authentic information to MPs to enable them function effectively.
In this regard, he said generation of electronic data base and introduction of networking technologies has helps MPs in India to take "informed decisions".
Chatterjee said that in India E-governance Plan is being implemented as the Central, State and local government levels at a cost of Rs 2,30,3000 million.
He pointed out that the launch of the Lok Sabha Television has help in disseminating vital information about Parliament and its functioning to the people.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's outgoing chairman, West Bengal Assembly Speaker Hashim Abdul Halim, was appointed the Treasurer of the CPA for a three-year term till 2011 by the General Assembly.
It also elected Chatterjee, Bihar Speaker Uday Pratap Singh and Assam Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai as Regional representatives from India Region on the Executive Committee of the CPA.
