[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In a recent ruling of the Supreme Court, prior consent of patients have been made mandatory for all surgical procedures, unless in critical medical conditions
The UAE Government is planning to accelerate the implementation of the e-Government by making 50 percent of government services online by the end of the year 2008 and 90 percent by the year 2020.
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the State Data Centres Scheme for establishing state-level data centres across all states/ UTs in the country.
Soon, every citizen in Brunei will be able to get e-Passport or biometric passport. The Department of National Registration and Immigration has officially launched e-Passport project in 2008.
The Government of Punjab is taking e-Governance initiative on a wider scale to reduce administrative cost and raise efficiency instead of streamlining the processes of recruitment, budgeting and planning.
The teledensity of India has marked 272.88 million at the end of December. In December, 2007 India has added 8.17 million telecom subscribers according to the data released by telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
The Police Department of Maharashtra (India) is going to open a Cyber Crime Police Station to improve the detection of cyber crime. Maharashtra’s first, full-fledged, dedicated Cyber Crime Police Station will start functioning in Bandra-Kurla Complex Police Station in Bandra.
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce is planning to introduce Wi-Fi service across the city for public transportation system.
The e-Governance Department of Bangalore (India) has developed a software to track of all petitions forwarded by the governor to the various departments of the state. This initiative would be the next step of Janata Darshan.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of Philippines has released its latest draft rules on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, which also include details of charges local VoIP service providers must pay to continue offering their services.
