Aman Kumar Singh is an Indian Revenue Services(Customs and Central Excise) Officer of 1995 batch with an Engineering Background (Regional Engineering College, Bhopal). He is presently Chief Executive Officer of Chattisgarh infotech and biotech Promotion Society CHiPS) and Secretary-in-charge (IT) of Government of Chattisgarh.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The last few years have not just seen e-Governance drop roots in India, but also make some in roads.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will implement the rickshaw policy by the end of this year to stop the duplicity of licenses issued to rickshaw-pullers. Under the new scheme, chips would be installed to track rickshaw pullers.
Soon, citizens of Bahrain will use smart cards in Bahrain International Airport to travel UAE, Oman and Qatar.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India ranks 44 among 122 countries throughout the world with a network readiness score of 4.06 (The Network Readiness Index 2006-2007 Rankings).
The Bahrain Government has launched online payment facility for debit card users. The government has launched the eGovernment portal, www.e.gov.bh, which allows citizens to pay their bills through debits card.
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Biometric payment tracking under NREGP
Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO) has introduced smart-card technology with biometric authentication from Gemalto in India, to accelerate the deployment of micro-banking in India
Financial Information Network and Operations Ltd. (FINO), India has partnered with eGov Services, a leading eGovernance services organization for Common Service Centre (CSCs) projects across Jharkhand, India.
Around 170 men and women in two villages of Bihar (India) would be the first to be registered as members of the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme (NREG), India through a foolproof biometric verification device.
