Monitoring-Any Time, Anywhere
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By Gagan Verma, National Head, Government business, POLYCOM
BUDGET
Pumping state capacity is key to enabling e-Government : Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary to Government, Department of IT & Communications, Government of Rajasthan, India
Despite all implementation challenges like business continuity, lack of administration capacity and indifference of line departments, the Department of Information Technology (DOIT) is doing a 9 to 9 job to push the e-Governance agenda in the state.
Transformation, not tech is the essence
[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Successful e-Governance rollouts are all about discipline, attitudinal changes and massive government process re-engineering
Less reasons now to shy away from inclusion
[This article was published in the November 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This quote by a distinguished professor aptly narrates the rationale behind involving the students in the higher education processess.
eIndia 2009 nominations: G2G
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Finance department forms the lifeline to the functioning of the entire state government. It is very essential for the finance department to effectively manage the budget, expenditure and revenue and to provide required support to the other departments of the state government.
Budget allocates INR 39,000 crore for NREGS
The Central government has hiked the allocation for its flagship rural job scheme by 144% to INR 39,000 crore.
Urban development allocation increased 87% in the Budget
The allocation for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been increased by 87% to INR12,887 crore, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting the union budget in Parliament.
Income Tax exemption limit increased, corporate tax unchanged
Income Tax exemption limit for senior citizens increased by INR15,000, for women and others by INR 10,000 each, while keeping the corporate tax rate unchanged in the Budget.
e-Government in Maharashtra
[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State of Maharashtra adopted the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) as early as 1965 to alleviate poverty by providing gainful employment to the poorer sections of the community in the rural area.
