The Central Government in India, is actively considering a Rs 6000 crore scheme to set up Information Technology-driven ‘rural service delivery centres’ in 100,000 villages, a senior official of the Union Information Technology department said today.
The drive towards e-Governance for Kenya and other African countries has received a major boost from the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) and EzGov Europe.
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will execute Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) ambitious e-Governance project, which the civic body is implementing at a cost of Rs 16.9 crore.
The Government of India is actively considering a Rs 6000 crore scheme to set up Information Technology-driven ‘rural service delivery centres’ in 100,000 villages.
The Centre is to shortly introduce mandatory bench marks for the performance of government departments to make them more accountable and transparent, the 9th National e-Governance Conference was told.
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush said health IT advancements will help the country reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care.
All 223 offices of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will be interlinked under an e-networking project being executed by BSNL.
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Using ICT, rural India can be accorded its place in the World Economy, while still maintaining its predominantly agrarian economy. This will facilitate
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The world is moving into a convergence mode because of the incredible potential of the ICT.
