Yojana Magazine Getting an e-Version
The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India decided to make its magazine ‘Yojana’ available online. […]
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BJP Plans Tech-Savvy Lok Sabha Elections in 2009
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
5 Point Plan Launched by TCS for Effective e-Governance
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in a White Paper released stated that it will launch a five point plan for effective e-governance in the country. The road
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
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.
