Annex on methodology

Desk research: Key governmental websites

http://deity.gov.in/

http://www.ndlm.in/

http://www.csc.gov.in/

http://mission.delhi.gov.in/

http://www.sreesakthi.org/

http://www.serp.ap.gov.in/SHGAP/

http://mygov.in/

Key informant interviews

Name	Institutional affiliation	Date of interview
Name withheld	Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India	May 2015
Name withheld	Department of Telecommunications, Government of India	March 2015
Name withheld	Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India	March 2015
Name withheld	Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India	March 2015
Ms. Sarada Muraleedharan	Executive Director, Kudumbashree, 2008-2012 and currently the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.	March 2015
Dr. Nirmala Padmanabhan	Head of the Department of Economics, St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, Kerala.	October 2014
Ms. Sowmya Kidambi	Director, Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency, Department of Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh.	September 2014