Land Records to be Digitised Within a Month in Andhra Pradesh
Within a month Andhra Pradesh will digitise all the land records in the state. This is expected to bring about transparency and fairness in land deals.
TCS three government projects won e-Governance Awards 2007-2008
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that its three e-Governance projects won National e-Governance Awards 2007-2008 instituted by the Government of India.
Government ICT News
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Government ICT News
Tamil Nadu (India) Government receives best government website award
The official website of the Tamil Nadu Government has received the best government website award in the National Awards for e-Governance. The Central Government announced the national awards for e-Governance for 2007-2008.
e-Governance Models in Urban Areas
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Computer training to be imparted in Telugu for government staffs in AP, India
In order to promote the use of Telugu as official language in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, State Official Language Commission chairman, A.B.K. Prasad said computer training in Telugu would be imparted to all government employees and compact discs on Telugu script would be sent to all mandal offices in the state.
Seminar Report on ICT in Agriculture and Health, 12 January, 2006, Hyderabad, India
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The two areas-Agriculture and Health being so close to the hearts of many, a high level of interest and participation by the delegates was observed during the National e-Governance Seminar
ICT in Indian Agriculture
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The latest Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers, 2005 of NSSO (http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_nsso_rept_pubn.htm) observes that the average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of a farm house hold is just Rs 503 in 2003 across regions, classes and income groups with 27 per cent of farmers not liking farming while 40 per cent felt that given the option they prefer other career, due to poor incomes.
Promising integrated egov solutions : S P S Grover, Senior Director, Oracle, India
“Today, Governments from across the world are looking at the model of e-Governance adopted in India and are showing interest in India
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).
