Hand in Hand, India

[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Lessons learnt
It has been deliberated and discussed, in detail, in the recently concluded 8th Annual Baramati Initiative, on the importance of reaching the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in India, especially to the areas that are normally out of reach, where the interventions of tele-Education, tele-Medicine and tele-Governance, in addition to a plethora of innovative services such as smart card accessing, simputering and mobile banking, can be made possible.

Villagers across 12 states in India to benefit from mobile banking

Thousands of villagers across 12 states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the help of mobiles over the coming few months.

Call for broadband community centres in Malaysia

Alcatel-Lucent is bringing broadband based community centres in order to deliver high-speed Internet services to rural folk in Malaysia.

m-Connect

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

News

Supportive payment systems

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

A paradigm shift needs to occur in order to determine how the poor might be profitably brought into the banking sector.

IRCTC launches mobile ticketing service for Indians

Sam Pitroda, who introduced computerisation of railway ticketing, has now introduced mobile ticketing solution for Indian Railways.

AGS Infotech brings Kisan ATMS and Branch-on Wheels ATMs in India

AGS Infotech has launched

Implementing e-Governance despite the digital divide

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

Government plays an important role in the growth and development of a country by promoting high levels of welfare for citizens,