Spurring Technology-Driven Innovation
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director – Global Community Affairs, Microsoft
SOFTWARE
Fruits of IT Revolution
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By N Ravi Shankar,
Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India
By Anuj Kumar,
Managing Director, redhat
Opportunities v/s Challenges
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Government can be a gamechanger, but challenges remain
By Walter Fust, Member, ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission; Member, UN C
Government Initiates AGRISNET Scheme for Farmers
AGRISNET envisages promotion of e-Governance by use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The objective of the programme is to provide IT enabled services to farmers
Beyond Pilot Projects
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Adopting newer technologies like Cloud Computing and m-Governance will help the government to deploy more projects and save government
‘Change’ Yet to be Felt by Citizens
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Citizens should be inducted in such programmes so that their active participation makes the entire system acceptable
PPP has been a Right Choice
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There is no dearth of technology but infrastructure in rural areas is not so good and hence one has to look at solutions which are more pragmatic
At the cusp of e-Transition
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Maharashtra is now counted among the leaders in e-Governance readiness in India and is poised to be the only state with single front-end delivery of 100 G2C services by next year
In three years, all state departments will be integrated online : Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna, Director – Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, India
Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna
Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra
Use of ICT and biometrics will bring transparency in MGNREGA : Agatha Sangma, Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India, India
The Rural Housing Division has recently launched IAY Management Information System (IAY-MIS) software
