Broadband TV for Rs 99 by Bharti Airtel
Telecom major Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its ‘airtel broadband TV’, which will allow its broadband users to watch live TV on their computers for a monthly rental of Rs 99.
Government to Invite Bids for Broadband in Rural Areas
The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund.
Urban Governance: Can help?
[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Municipal e-Governance through advanced, interactive and user-friendly technologies is the way forward. The agenda is to minimise personal visits to a government office and ensure speedy delivery of G2C services
Technology High on National Agenda
[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 80th Union Budget for the fiscal year 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, has in its fold a number of important policy decisions that have huge implications for furthering development and improving governance in the country.
IT Policy For Bihar Coming Up
Bihar Information Technology minister Shahid Ali Khan recently announced that the state will soon have its own IT policy.
Institutionalising efficiency
[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The proposed right to services legislation in some states of the country will make government officers pay for delay in service delivery. Will it really work?
“India has an opportunity to do e-governance right”
How do you see the progress made by the country in governance and development after 63 years of independence? India […]
India has India has an opportunity to do e-Governance right : Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovationsk, India
Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, is widely acknowledged the architect of India
Universal and affordable access is fundamental to bridging the digital divide : Suresh Kumar K, IAS, Secretary Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala, India
Suresh Kumar K, IAS, Secretary Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala, is a 1989 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer.
Coming, the five-sense cities!
[This article was published in the December 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT has constructed pockets of efficiencies into governance; it
