Rehabilitating the Telecom Sector
The IDA financed Emergency Telecommunications Rehabilitation Project and the ARTF financed Telecommunications Project have played an important role in facilitating Afghanistan
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Early warning system in Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu, India)
A pilot early warning system will be soon covering all coastal villages of Cuddalore (literally meaning sea town) district to help in effective dissemination of information, whenever disaster strikes.
Indian President, Kalam emphasises for creation of CISF e-Governance grid
President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has emphasised to create the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) e-Governance grid while inspecting the guard of honour on the CSIF day in Ghaziabad on March 10, 2007.
Chennai (India) Govt. makes 50 Grade 3 municipalities to online
Soon Chennai (India) Government will make fifty grade 3 municipalities to be online under its e-Governance plan. Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) has developed an urban local bodies portal, which links to websites of 102 municipalities and 5 corporations.
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
In an effort to ensure the revenue sustainability of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), maintain infrastructure and provide uninterrupted quality power, the Ministry of Power, Government of India has made deployment of franchisees mandatory for management of rural distribution network.
DistrictNet connects local and central government in Uganda
e-Governance programme, DistrictNet is providing transparency at the local government level and improving the provision of public information through the implementation of ICT in Uganda, Africa.
Two-day conference on e-Tourism in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia on March 13, 2007
Malaysia Government is organising two-day conference to promote e-Tourism. Tourism and information technology ministers, Government Officials regional and international experts will meet on Kota Kinabalu to deliberate on Asia Pacific e-Tourism issues on March 13, 2007.
NIC enables Indians to complain file through online
Now complain filing is just a pone click away from your hand. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India is executing the project, called Computerisation & Computer Networking of Consumer Fora (Confonet), on a turnkey basis.
Singapore plans to launch e-Medical record system
Singapore Government is planning to consolidate patient medical records in a common IT system to share health records securely between doctors from both the public and private sectors in the country.
Intel grants $4 million fund to Comat, e-Governance company in India
Intel Capital is investing around $4 million into the Bangalore (India) based e-Governance focused company; Comat Technologies to promote e-Governance projects in India. This would be the Intel
