Crowdsourcing Status in India

Crowdsourcing is a process of obtaining ideas, information, funds and services etc. via collective contributions from a large group of online community using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The role of crowdsourcing in the growth of e-Governance is discussed in this paper.  This paper explores the utilizations of crowdsourcing by the Government of India (GOI) in various public activities like education, agriculture and defense etc. The crowdsourcing can be categorized into crowd wisdom, crowd creation, crowd funding and crowd voting applications etc. The important crowdsourcing applications are MyGov Platform and election manifesto and Bharat Ke Veer platform are discussed in details. Tools and Technologies are used for providing crowdsourcing services are also explained. The issues in crowdsourcing like manage large scale of workers and no contract are also mentioned. The scope of crowdsourcing in social implications is also included. It is concluded that Crowdsourcing can enables people to active participation in national policies planning.