The Government of India is implementing the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) with the vision to make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common services delivery outlets. In this regard, the government has identified 27 Central, State and Integrated Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) have been identified under the NeGP to ensure availability of e-Government services.
The Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe (SEMIC.EU) has launched website www.semic.eu, so that public can easily access information through the new website.
‘Nemmadi’, Karnataka Government’s ambitious e-Governance project has won the Asia’s premier Government Technology Award. Nemmadi is implemented to deliver various G2C and B2C services for the citizens of rural Karnataka.
e-Governance is an important tool for providing effective, transparent and responsive administrative matters delivery system, according to BR Kundal, Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir.
The VillageRoad, an Estonian project is aiming to extend access to broadband Internet connections in remote rural areas of Estonia. The project is part of Estonia
The Vietnamese Ministry of Trade and Industry has launched eCoSys, a system designed to grant and manage Certificates of Origin (C/Os) online through the website www.ecvn.com.
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the Uruguayan Senate has approved a Community Broadcasting Bill that recognizes community broadcasting in its own right and says television and radio frequencies should be more equitably distributed.
The Latvia Government is planning to allow voters to cast ballots by Internet in elections in 2009. The e-voting system should be up and running by March 2009, when Latvia’s 1.45-million-strong electorate is due to go to the polls in municipal elections.
Gujarat has received the Best e-Governed State Award for 2006-2007 year at the convention of 42nd Computer Society of India (CSI). Gujarat has received awards in four categories, best e-Governed state, best e-Governed Department (health and family welfare), best e-Governance G2B project for e-Procurement and also for VAT Informations System.
India is lacking behind in the index of the world Wi-Fi rankings. India has only 454 public Wi-Fi hotspots. While US leads the Wi-Fi hotspot index with 64,670 public hotspots followed by UK (30,613), Germany (21,236) and France (22,799) hotspots.
