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The convoluted issue in developing countries is that they have many good and effective e-governance plans butthey do not have that capacity to handle or execute the same. Capacity in terms of human resource, Knowledge of system,Technology adaptation level, Infrastructure available are most crucial elements for success of any e-governanceprogramme. Government of India is doing numerous efforts in building competitive capacity in government departmentswith the help of National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) which offers services like, One year Executive Programon e-Governance (eGPX), Institutional Capacity Building, Strategic Consultancy for Capacity Building, DevelopingInstitutional Partnerships, Capacity Building under National eGovernance Plan (NeGP), Training Activities, KnowledgeManagement and Change Management. These initiatives have extraordinary success in cultivating knowledge ingovernment departments which are actually a change agent for e-governance. Capacity building is one of the challengesto any developing country as most of developing countries do not have much finance resource. e-governance havebecome indispensable part of growth strategy for any country and developing country can develop more if they have egovernance plans which can contribute real growth. Capacity building is bare essential requirement for implementationof any e-governance program. This chapter / Paper in this context describe and explain importance of capacity buildingactivities for developing country and also elucidate how India is building its capacity for e-governance plans.

Shruti D.Upadhyaya, Dr. Parag Sanghani, “Indian E-governance requirements and present capacity: A Gap analysis”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 11, pp. 154-159, November 2014.