The Union Panchayati Raj Ministry has developed software to maintain database of bank accounts of all Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to transfer the funds through electronic banking channels. Once the data is entered, the money would be transferred directly to the2,40,000 PRIs from the State’s Consolidate Fund.
Now, Kerala’s e-Learning initiative, Akshaya has been introduced in prisons of Kerala, (India).
UK Government website, Directgov has launched its mobile version to access the e-Governance services.
ChildLine India is group for helping children, which provides a free, emergency phone numbers to children to call on a crisis available for 24 hours a day across India.
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Gia Khiem stated that in the spirit of co-operation for sustainable development and prosperity, the ICT Ministers will be able to establish a guiding framework for the implementation of specific programmes in The ASEM ICT Ministerial Meeting in Vietnam.
NASSCOM Foundation (NF) organised a National Consultation on “Building ICT Capacities @ the Grassroots” recently in New Delhi. The Consultation explored the role of ICT in social and economic development of the country.
[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India is the first country in South Asia to have a separate policy for community radio.
India Government has taken the mobile services project under the Universal Services Obligation and it is expected to cover 2.5 lakh remote villages across the country.
Corporate sector in India has adopted e-Filing of income-tax returns in a big way.
The Malaysian Islamic Development Board (Jakim) website is the most popular among government agency.
