A national interactive portal on disability was launched by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) on Wednesday to provide information for persons with disability and various stakeholders involved with disability rehabilitation such as NGOs, policy makers, caregivers, service providers and the public at large.
An announcement by the Government of Punjab states that the all the records relating to land deals in the state would be computerised by December 2009. The estimated cost for the process would be INR 100 crore.
The Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Department of Mizoram government has launched its website on disaster management.
The French government launched a new ‘Career record’ service for its citizens which will enable them to trace their pension contributions through the Internet.
In a yet another feat towards e-governance in India, the Jharkhand government implemented a software named ‘Mamta’ designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
The Finnish government has signed a deal with South Africa that the government will donate 12 million euros to SA in ICT development aid over a three-year period. The fund will provide support to the SA Provincial Information Society Strategy programme.
The Kingdom of Bahrain will extend its e-Services in next six months. The Bahrain e-Government Agency is working with various ministries and government institutions to add 50 new e-Services to the current pool of 43 services on the e-Governance website www.gov.bh.
C Chandramouli, State Information Technology (IT) secretary of Kerala, announced on Thursday that under the State’s e-Governance programme, every third of the village in the state will have Internet-enabled kiosks within 11 months
In a new initiative of the European Commission on Thursday, a public consultation on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology was launched. The technology can be used for a variety of purposes such as privacy, data protection and information technology.
A National e-Governance programme will be conducted by Technopark along with the Kerala IT.Com 2008. The NeGP seminar will be inaugurated by R.Chandrasekhar, Additional Secretary, ICT, Govt. of India.
