Government of India to establish G-2-B portal for investors soon

The Government of India will soon establish a government-to-business (G-2-B) portal in order to provide easy communication and service linkage to foreign and domestic investors.

Bidar police in Karnataka goes hi-tech

In an effort to upgrade and renovate the administration system in the state, Bidar police in Karnataka, India, is introducing IT in its administration system.

Farmers in India reaping benefits from eChoupal project

eChoupal project has led to better remuneration for the farmers and assured quality inputs to ITC, the company that launched this project.

ROC services go online in Andhra Pradesh

The Ministry of Company Affairs, Andhra Pradesh (MCA), India, launched the MCA21 Project on April 20th, which provides all ROC services on the Internet. The services provided by the ROCs include registration of companies, receipt of the statutory returns filed by the companies and issue of copies of the records needed by them.

Kuppam i-community project to promote livelihood

HP has signed three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Kuppam i-community initiative with BASIX, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Kuppam project was launched in 2002, a three-year pilot program that was conceived by HP with the overarching goal of using the power of HPs technology to serve disadvantaged communities.

e-Government in Maharashtra

[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The State of Maharashtra adopted the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) as early as 1965 to alleviate poverty by providing gainful employment to the poorer sections of the community in the rural area.

ICT Policy in Indonesia

[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

APWKomitel (Associations of Community Internet Centre), work closely with various ICT and Police Departments in Indonesia aspiring to develop a good Internet policy for both (cybercafe) in urban areas and (telecentres) in rural areas.

iSethu project for Mumbai

Ram Informatics Ltd has signed up for iSethu, an e-Governance project , for Indian City Mumbai, with the Maharashtra Government.

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.

India to open e-Stamping facility

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