Microsoft India launches Swaraj in e-Governance Summit
Microsoft India launches Swaraj in e-Governance Summit

Microsoft has launched a new solution for managing the Indian Panchayati Raj system, called SWARAJ during Government Leadership summit in Delhi. The solution addresses the information needs for all the five tiers of Panchayati Raj which include Ministry of Panchayati Raj at the Central Level, Panchayati Raj Departments at State level, District Administration at the District level, Panchayat Samitis/BDOs at the Block and Gram Panchayats at the Village level.

MAKING A MOVE TOWARDS DIGITAL NEPAL
MAKING A MOVE TOWARDS DIGITAL NEPAL

[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Janadhar is the e-Governance initiative of the government of Uttarakhand. Started in March 2005, the initiative was taken up with funding from the UNDP and technicalguidance by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT).

LOKVANI: An (e)ffort to (e)mpower citizens
LOKVANI: An (e)ffort to (e)mpower citizens

[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Lokvani is an innovative model of Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) implemented in district Sitapur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a self sustainable solution, wherein the existing cyber cafes are being leveraged to act as franchisees, benefiting the citizens, the administration and the kiosks operators.

Bridging the Digital Divide through electronic knowledge based Panchayat
Bridging the Digital Divide through electronic knowledge based Panchayat

[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

ePanchayat is a software product conceptualised, designed and developed with the active involvement of the stakeholders at lowest administrative level and is implemented in Andhra Pradesh. It started as a pilot project in Ramachandrapuram in Medak district and spread initially to 40 districts. Now, it has been announced that ePanchayat would be rolled out in 475 major gram panchayats across the state at a cost of Rs 8.31 crores (1.9 million USD).

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