AADHAAR:The Unique Identity
AADHAAR:The Unique Identity

[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Unique Identification (UID) project, headed by Shri Nandan Nilekani, has been renamed

DIT to Soon Make Software That can Read All Indian Languages
DIT to Soon Make Software That can Read All Indian Languages

Jainder Singh, Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT) inaugurating a conference on ‘Common Service Centres: The Change Agents’ recently said that by the end of September this year, the Department of Information Technology (DIT) will have readied software tools and fonts which can help personal computers (PCs) and websites decipher content in the country

Computing Solutions in 12 Indian languages
Computing Solutions in 12 Indian languages

Microsoft company showcased for the first time its beta version of Windows 7 in Hindi, a step aimed towards enabling Indian users to compute using various Indian languages. The company launched its Language Interface Packs (LIPs) in twelve Indian languages for use in the Windows environment and Microsoft Office.

Revolutionising The Process
Revolutionising The Process

[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Free/GNU platform was making strides on software front in many ways but a little slowly on Indian languages. But this slowness was steadily towards universal standards and hence almost deliberate.

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