Gurgaon Police Now an SMS Away
The Gurgaon Police has launched an online Citizen-Centric Policing System to enable the filing and tracking of complaints.
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Romania Plans Major Investment in e-Public Services
The Romanian Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies (MCIT) plans to transform its vital public services into electronic format. The Ministry plans to spend approximately
Estonia Invites Ideas to Improve e-Services
The Government of Estonia has invited ideas and proposals through an
Jharkhand Launches India’s First Website Exclusively for Ex-Servicemen
In a move to serve the ex-servicemen of the armed forces better, Jharkhand state announced the launch of a separate website which will contain latest database of retired personnel of the defence services, like Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, residing in the state.
e-Procurement Launched by Hungarian Government
The Government of Hungary plans to introduce an Electronic Public Procurement (EPP) system by the year 2010 by amending its present Act on Public Procurement.
INDIA: Srei e-kiosks now online at Jangipara
The SREI Sahaj e-Village limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL), has launched computerisation of land records on June 14 2008 in the state of West Bengal. Initially, the facility of Record of Rights (RoR) was made available in three e-kiosks in the district of Hooghly.
First phase of SmartCity Malta launched
The first phase of SmartCity Malta project launched on June 14, 2008 with the implementation of SmartCity. The launch was marked by a ceremony, presided over by the Prime Minister of Malta and held on-site at SmartCity Malta, attended by over 500 guests including Ministers, Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, government officials, Maltese and international ICT and media industry drivers.
Kerela Government’s Campaign for Total e-Literacy!
In a multilingual country like India, where rural population constitutes a majority segment, the growth of IT usage gets restricted due to lack of language computing or the knowledge of it. Hence in order to overcome this hurdle, the Government of Kerela, announced Malayalam computing initiative, whereby it tries to bridge the technology-language divide and helps in its smooth operating by the people.
Upgradation of CSCs for Agri-Business
The National Spot Exchange (NSEL) of India in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has been appointed to upgrade the working of the existing network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) which are a part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India. Both the organisations will work towards the development of synergies between the NSEL and CSC projects which will provide e-trading platform to the farmers.
Usage of Mobile Phones for Flood Monitoring in Bihar
From this year onwards, the Bihar government has decided to use mobile phones in monitoring of floods within the state. This is indicated by Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar during the launch of the Mobile Inspection System which is first of its kind in the state.
