Government of Himachal Pradesh Launches e-Nivaran
In order to monitor the public grievance system, the Government of Himachal Pradesh has developed a new web-based program called
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e-Gazette Launched by Ministry of Urban Development
As part of the e-governance initiatives, the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development has launched e-Gazette with the help of NIC and NICSI which will maintain Gazette Notifications on a date-wise, month-wise, part-wise and subject-wise basis. These data belongs to the Central Government and the Government of NCT of Delhi. However, the printed version of the Gazette will continue to exist along with the e-version of the same.
Revamping MCA
There is a plan to revamp the country’s largest e-governance project – MCA-21(Ministry of Corporate Affairs while 21 standing for 21st century reform), which enables e-filing of corproate information with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The Ministry will undertake the project along with Tata Consultancy Services.
IT Boom Confined to a Few Cities in India
Though India is considered to be a major IT destination, it would not be wrong to state that most of the IT boom or development has been confined to the major cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune.
Finacle Introduces New Product for Financial Inclusion for the Excluded
A solution has been developed for financial inclusion by Finacle (banking product arm of software major Infosys Technologies) which will expand its scope and business possibilities.
Coal India Initiates e-Procurement
Coal India Limited (CIL) has planned to procure about one-third of its equipment, consumables, spare parts and other stores, electronically in order to cut delays and enable efficiency.
PRTC to launch e-Ticketing in Punjab
Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is planning to launch e-ticketing for the passengers travelling in buses in the Northern Indian state of Punjab.
Cross Border eID to be checked: European Commission
In order to check national Electronic Identity (eID), the European Commission launched a pilot project
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brings Communication Under Single IP
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has chosen Verizon Business for consolidating global communications over a single Internet Protocol (IP) network which would enable a secured and centralized communications infrastructure for its employees around the world and thus help reduce costs and administrative hassles. The ministry is going hi-tech with video conferencing which would help their employees to collaborate from wherever they are based.
Massachusetts’s Vital Records Going the Digital Way
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (RVRS), has decided to convert approximately 10 million vital records into digital images. This will enable three important things such as identity verification for Medicaid (MassHealth), an efficient way to store and retrieve the documents, and establishment of an electronic disaster recovery program.
