In a comprehensive paper, covering all aspects of e-governance, especially the scope, advantages, risks and so on, the Author sounds a note of caution against the delays in implementing the relevant projects causing time and cost overruns. In his view, while there is a rosy outlook, complete coverage of the entire population, through e-governance, even in the most developed countries is impossible, because of the existence of poverty and either absence of accessibility to computers or computer illiteracy.