Punjab Agri. Dept. (India) provides high-tech education to state farmers
In India, the Punjab agriculture department decided to provide high-technology to educate state farmers.
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2nd tech revolution in villages of India
Government is planning to set up 1,00,000 Common Service Centres in the rural areas of India.
US commits $100m to promote education in Pakistan
Pakistan and the US announced about an elaboration programme for promoting education at all levels in Pakistan.
Panchayati Raj Ministry develops software to transfer funds through electronic banking
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.
Directgov makes local information available for mobile
UK Government website, Directgov has launched its mobile version to access the e-Governance services.
e-Learning campaign for Kerala prisoners
Now, Kerala’s e-Learning initiative, Akshaya has been introduced in prisons of Kerala, (India).
ChildLine: the helpline service for children of India
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.
Karnataka Governments sets online e-Procurement platform
In India, the Karnataka Government is taking initiative steps for e-Governance initiative by digitalising all contracts and procurement of various government departments.
HIV education and e-Learning
[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Biometric ATMs for rural sector
Union Bank of India, Dena bank and Central Bank of India are planning to install biometric automated teller machine (ATM) to provide services for rural customers of India.
