The Government of Botswana is in the early stages of a move towards e-Government. There is a central government website – www.gov.bw. There is currently no e-Government strategy in place, however the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology is in the process of establishing an e-Government framework.
In keeping with the policy of the Karnataka Government in India to implement e-Governance in the day-to-day administration to the maximum extent, the Dakshina Kannada District Police has launched its official Web log (blog).
Villagers in this southern Indian district will soon have e-Seva facility. At the click of a button, they can pay all their taxes without trekking long distances and obtain information from various departments.
World renowned chipmaker, Intel, has developed community based computer which would be used by the Union government for e-Governance purposes.
IT major Microsoft is to invest $1.7 billion in India and also partner the government of India in pushing e-Governance through National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG).
A total of five hundred provincial judges and court clerks from different provinces of Rwanda recently concluded a two-month basic computing skills course from their respective provincial centres.
The Kerala state government in India is going to take various steps to introduce e-Governance in the state soon.
The Bangladeshi National Planning Commission will follow Sri Lanka’s national e-Governance strategy as both countries have faced similar challenges in the field of e-Government implementation.
Railways would set up 22 call centres with a common telephone number – 139 across India, besides launching a National Train Enquiry System (NITES) and management information system.
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
At the dawn of this year, we promised our readers to examine the scope of ICT in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
