Lokpal important to curb corruption: President Pranab Mukherjee

“Government systems and processes will be revisited to make them citizen-friendly, corruption-free and accountable.  Efforts will be made to eliminate obsolete laws, regulations, administrative structures and practices,” he said.

The President said rationalization and convergence among ministries, departments and other arms of the government will be ensured to have focused delivery.

“Digitization of government records will be done for improving accessibility,” said Mukherjee.

He said e-governance brings empowerment, equity and efficiency and has the power to transform peoples' lives.

“The backbone of my government's new ways of working will be a Digital India. Information Technology will be used to drive re-engineering of government processes to improve service delivery and programme implementation,” he said.