Should the State Governments use Decision-Support systems for better Governance ?
Like Karnataka which implemented the statewide ecosystem of GIS few years back. Karnataka uses a GIS solution (for State Government) offered by ESRI India. It is known as "State GIS", which is an Integrated & Collaborative Platform for Geo-Enabling Governance.
Info @ below articles,
http://www.esriindia.com/esri-news/publication/vol8-issue3/articles/state-gis-an-integrated-and-collaborative-platform-for-geo-enabling-governance
http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/fall13articles/india-a-vision-for-national-gis more