Britain to Cut India Aid by 2015

Britain will halt its aid programme in India by 2015. Acknowledging India’s rising wealth, the British Prime Minister David Cameron […]

UK Keen on Learning eGov from Gujarat

The UK is seeking opportunities to collaborate with Gujarat. An e-governance programme by Gujarat government has generated interest from UK’s […]

India will Ensure Strong Cyber-Security, Claims Sibal

Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said India will ensure that it incorporates all advances in cyber-security and […]

New ICT eGovernance Panel to Reduce Costs

The National ICT eGovernance Committee in Bahrain can save up to 30 percent of the overall government IT cost, the […]

Telecare Service in Birmingham City Council to Secure Older, Vulnerable Residents

Birmingham City Council Deploys city-wide telecare service

e-Governance Challenges

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By Golok Kumar Simli,
Principal Consultant & Head-Technology, MEA, GoI

By Neeta Verma,
HOD, Data Centre and Web Services Division, NIC

Mobility has changed the scenario of our country : Nirmal Prakash, Managing Director – SmartID

Being a major partner in the UID Aadhar project, Nirmal Prakash, Managing Director, Smart ID talks about how technology is helping build an inclusive society and nation building. In an interaction with Dhirendra Pratap Singh, he also shares insights about the delivery of services through smart cards in India.

The line of debate

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security

Smart way to Safer Hospitals

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Contactless smart card technology has been used for many years in other industries, and is now helping to solve some longstanding thorny issues in the healthcare sector as well

Documentation for Increasing Stakeholder Competency

[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Playing role of knowledge repository in the e-Gov domain, the new section on e-Governance updates in e-Gov magazine would provide the much needed information to all the key stakeholders