[This article was published in the March 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Prison Management System (PMS) is a government to government (G-2-G) and government to citizen (G-2-C) application, which encapsulates the manual working-pattern of the prison rule book i.e. registration, movement within the jail and outside and release of the inmate.
[This article was published in the March 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has become an essential element in making governments
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The mayhem in Mumbai during 26/11 is but an exclamation mark within the larger public safety challenges faced by India today.
“Because of information derived from applications like third eye, many parts of the investigation are consistent and transparent. Resultantly, the Investigation Officers are able to file the charge sheet within the stipulated time as mentioned in Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). Most importantly, the courts are now appreciating this move and thereby the rate of conviction has gone up”.
According to the recent report published by Cryptohippie Inc., which surveyed 52 countries for having the most aggressive procedures to monitor residents electronically, India ranks No. 20. The report, called ‘The Electronic Police State’, assessed the status of government surveillance around the globe for 2008.
Delhi Police has come up with a high-tech way to keep a tab on criminals. Delhi Police is in process of installing 171 Automated Fingerprint and Palmprint Identification Systems (AFPIS) in all police stations in the Capital as well as in other important places including the five district courts and 11 district headquarters.
[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
At present Personal Information sharing among government departments and its agencies does not exists and there is an urgent need to not only accelerate information distribution, but also to broaden the scope of organisation that can share data.
Delhi Police plans to bring in electronic round-the-clock surveillance in bustling marketplaces and other sensitive and vulnerable places where terrorist strikes are at high risk.
The Gurgaon Police has launched an online Citizen-Centric Policing System to enable the filing and tracking of complaints.
“What is different in India is that the government is taking online services to the villages and spending on taking Internet to rural India, unlike the US where the corporates do this”, says Hemal Patel, CEO, Elitecore Technologies
