Rs 6000 cr government scheme on ‘rural service delivery centres’ in India
The Government of India is actively considering a Rs 6000 crore scheme to set up Information Technology-driven ‘rural service delivery centres’ in 100,000 villages.
E governance
Centre to set world-class bench marks for govt functioning
The Centre is to shortly introduce mandatory bench marks for the performance of government departments to make them more accountable and transparent, the 9th National e-Governance Conference was told.
Civic body gains e-link
All 223 offices of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will be interlinked under an e-networking project being executed by BSNL.
Wireless tech-E-governance convergence
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of ‘Indo-UK workshop on Next Generation Communication Networks’ held at IIT Madras, Connor dwelt on the initiatives taken by the government to promote innovation and entrepreneurship
Microsoft outlines e-government strategy
Software maker Microsoft has outlined a worldwide public services and e-government strategy to provide governments with the prescriptive guidance and technology to focus on seamless service deliveries for citizens.
Amendment in Indian Companies Act to enable e-Governance projects
The Cabinet of India has given its approval to promulgate an Ordinance for bringing procedural changes in the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, relating to electronic filing of documents enabling implementation of MCA 21 e-Governance Projects.
Nigerian agency trains 400 on ICT
No fewer than 400 persons have been trained by the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA), the organisation charged with the responsibility of implementing Nigeria’s Information Technology Policy.
Siemens to digitise vital events records for UK
About 250 million birth, death and marriage records held by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), UK, are to be data captured out of the southern Indian city Chennai. The city centre of Siemens Business Services (SBS) would help its parent to scan, digitise and index the records from the year 1837 to the present day.
Electronic Tax System in Nigeria
Kwara State Government in Nigeria has concluded arrangements to introduce Electronic Tax Receipt, in an effort to boost the State Internally Generated Revenue.
