E-Governance Initiatives for the Socio- Economic Empowerment of Women to Transform the Uttar Pradesh State of India

Abstract

If Uttar Pradesh (UP) state of India were a country, it would be the 5th most populous country in the world. As per details from Census India 2011, Uttar Pradesh has population of 19.98 Crores of which the female population is 47.6% and the female literacy rate is only 59.26% which is below than India's literacy rate. The status of women in UP is not appreciable. The empowerment and advancement of the women are the demand of time because women contribution in all the fields is required for the sustained, affirmative transformation and growth of the society. But there are various barriers to women empowerment and advancement like poverty, low education levels, unemployment, patriarchal attitude and gender based atrocity against women. The Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) has taken initiatives for women empowerment and advancement so that the women can contribute to build up the nation. These initiatives are required to do Business Process Re-engineering of the Government functions. In this paper, we study and highlight the socioeconomic status of women, and the various Government Process Re-engineering tools in the form of E-Governance initiatives which are implemented in the state for the women empowerment.