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Mumbai and Chennai, new Railway e-ticket hubs
Mumbai and Chennai, new Railway e-ticket hubs

India Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is planning to start e-ticketing in Mumbai and Chennai soon looking at the immense success of the e-ticket services from New Delhi. At present reserved tickets which are booked through internet are being printed and delivered only from New Delhi. The process takes 3-4 days to reach the prospective passengers. In order to curtail the delay to deliver printed tickets to passengers, the IRCTC has now planned to install hub stations in Chennai and Mumbai for printing tickets to cater to the needs of the South and West Zone passengers respectively.

States spend on e-Gov to touch Rs 15,000 Cr: Nasscom
States spend on e-Gov to touch Rs 15,000 Cr: Nasscom

As per Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) study, State governments will spend close to a staggering Rs 15,000 crore on computing their operations over the next five years. The government sector accounted for nine per cent of the total IT spend in India in 2002, which is estimated to go up to 15 per cent of the total IT spend in the next five years, the study said.

Government of Uganda looking e-Gov to cut cost
Government of Uganda looking e-Gov to cut cost

While speaking at a one-day workshop themed: Enabling e-Governance in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala, Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of Uganda Investment Authority said that e-governance is the most effective way of reducing costs in running public affairs from the lower levels of government to the central government.As there are only four districts in Uganda that have access to e-governance; Kayunga, Mbarara, Mbale and Lira, ” Expenditure on local government affairs can reduce by 10 percent if e-Governance is promoted in all the 56 districts,” she mentioned.

Microsoft tie up with African countries, Ghana
Microsoft tie up with African countries, Ghana

A memorandum of understanding has been signed with The government of Ghana and Microsoft aimed at creating a workforce that is literate in information and communications technology. Angola has also signed an agreement with the software giant on financing Internet access for the government and training.

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