Vodafone liable to pay tax to Government of India

The Income Tax Department of the Government of India has sent a notice to Vodafone, seeking around US$ 1.7 billion as capital gains tax related to the sale of Hutchison Telecom International Ltd’s (HTIL) 67 per cent stake in Hutch-Essar, now renamed Vodafone-Essar. However, the Vodafone has contested this notice and approached the Bombay High Court.

BTIS, India launches INR 350 crore project to control traffic jam

Bangalore Transport Information System (BTIS), India has launched a INR 350 crore project to help commuters to save their time.

Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs)

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

The solution lies with new delivery channels that make innovative use of ICTs to inexpensively process a large volume of small transactions and deliver a wide range of financial services