Reliance Communications (Rel Comm) and Srei Infrastructure have bagged an e-Governance project from the government of West Bengal (WB), India.. Rcomm has signed an agreement with the state government for the project.
3i Infotech, the software services firm has partnered with Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO) to provide financial services through low-cost technology enabled delivery channel using common service centres (CSCs) in India.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India has decided to introduce e-Passport, also known as biometric passports in India.
Home Affairs Ministry of South Africa is using short message service (SMS) to check identity documents and passport applications.
The European Commission and the World Economic Forum, the world-renowned Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Malta among top 25 nations in the world in e-Readiness.
The National eGovernment Strategies Limited (NeGSt) is fully commenced to roll out eProduct and marketing stage of the programme in Nigeria.
The Indian Government has proposed to issue multi-purpose Identity Cards to citizens of the country.
The Indian Army is planning to provide handheld multi-role computers to soldiers to enable them to pinpoint their field locations in difficult-terrain tactical warfare and for counter-insurgency operations.
Khuda Jassu village of Chandigarh, India has received its first rural e-Governance facilitation centre. The centre named e-Gram Sampark provides all facilities to villagers from depositing bills to collecting pensions.
The Government of Orissa, India, is planning to computerise courts of all districts with full support from the central government as a part of its e-Governance programme.
