Indian Govt. plans to introduce Biometric Passports in India
The Ministry of External Affairs of India has decided to introduce e-Passport, also known as biometric passports in India.
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Punjab, India moves for e-Agriculture services
The State Government of Punjab (India) is moving towards the direction of e-Agriculture by setting up ‘Kisan Soochna Kendras’, a network of agricultural information kiosks with broadband connectivity across the state.
County Councils joined to share new services in UK
Northamptonshire and Cambridge-shire County Councils, UK, are planning to work together on a shared services project, including finance, HR and procurement.
Rel Comm bags e-Governance project from WB, India govt.
Reliance Communications (Rel Comm) and Srei Infrastructure have bagged an e-Governance project from the government of West Bengal (WB), India.. Rcomm has signed an agreement with the state government for the project.
UK falls in IT readiness and digital services
UK is falling behind in its overall IT readiness and infrastructure. From the fifth in 2006 through, now the UK has dropped to seventh.
South Africans check their govt. services via SMS
Home Affairs Ministry of South Africa is using short message service (SMS) to check identity documents and passport applications.
Malta holds 24 in E-Readiness Worldwide rankings
The European Commission and the World Economic Forum, the world-renowned Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Malta among top 25 nations in the world in e-Readiness.
NeGSt commences to roll e-Product in Nigeria
The National eGovernment Strategies Limited (NeGSt) is fully commenced to roll out eProduct and marketing stage of the programme in Nigeria.
Multi-purpose ID Cards for Indians
The Indian Government has proposed to issue multi-purpose Identity Cards to citizens of the country.
China’s SMB invests US$9.5 billion on wireless
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in China and India will invest approximately US$9.5 billion to set up their wireless infrastructure in 2007, which is almost 17 percent higher than last year.
