We have done extremely well on the e-Procurement front. Now, any procurement of the government above INR 100,000 is done through e-Procurement. Leading state PSUs have also deployed e-Procurement. All Urban Local Bodies of the State have also switched over to e-Procurement mode
R S Sharma Director General and Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) “As the poor citizens do not […]
Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar,Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad “Given its semi-literate population dispersed geographically into large number of villages, India has […]
K Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary, IT, Department of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP), is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
In spite of the rapid strides that we are making in Information Technology, there are many issues and challenges that continue to undermine the initiatives being taken.
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is a group of 36 Coral islands of which 11 are inhabited. Islands are scattered randomly in Arabian sea about 220 kms to 420 kms away
The power demand in Delhi is around 4400MW in peak hours. Our contribution is around 700-750 MWs. Rest of the demand is met through purchasing power from other states and corporations. In order to reduce this dependence, we have planned to have in-house generating capacity, that too, without polluting the environment.
Challenges in setting up of Data Centres starts as soon as you start looking out for the right place. It is important that the Data Centre is setup at a location which is not disaster prone, can be physically secured, robust surveillance and capability of post activity data analysis and has room for growth. Other challenges to be kept in mind while setting up of DC are sizing of storage.
Wipro Infotech forayed in Data Centre space in May 2009. How is this move aligned with the Government of India’s goal of create State Data Centre for seamless service delivery for the citizens?
