e-Governance Scheme for Cities Finalised by Government of India
Government has finalised a scheme on e-Governance in civic bodies of cities with a population of one lakh and above.
Government has finalised a scheme on e-Governance in civic bodies of cities with a population of one lakh and above.
The Tea Board of India is planning to make tea auction online this year. E-auction will enhance the trade of tea. This move is motivated from the online auction of cardamom by the Spice Board in India.
An announcement by the Government of Punjab states that the all the records relating to land deals in the state would be computerised by December 2009. The estimated cost for the process would be INR 100 crore.
A national interactive portal on disability was launched by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) on Wednesday to provide information for persons with disability and various stakeholders involved with disability rehabilitation such as NGOs, policy makers, caregivers, service providers and the public at large.
The French government launched a new ‘Career record’ service for its citizens which will enable them to trace their pension contributions through the Internet.
The Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Department of Mizoram government has launched its website on disaster management.
The Kingdom of Bahrain will extend its e-Services in next six months. The Bahrain e-Government Agency is working with various ministries and government institutions to add 50 new e-Services to the current pool of 43 services on the e-Governance website www.gov.bh.
In a yet another feat towards e-governance in India, the Jharkhand government implemented a software named ‘Mamta’ designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
The Finnish government has signed a deal with South Africa that the government will donate 12 million euros to SA in ICT development aid over a three-year period. The fund will provide support to the SA Provincial Information Society Strategy programme.
C Chandramouli, State Information Technology (IT) secretary of Kerala, announced on Thursday that under the State’s e-Governance programme, every third of the village in the state will have Internet-enabled kiosks within 11 months