[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
eAgriculture is still at a nascent stage. Till the year 2007, the term eAgriculture was not even coined. During a global survey in 2006, including 3400 responses from 135 countries
[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 5th eINDIA2009, co-organised by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India was a great success, achieving record attendance and further establishing eINDIA a reputation as India
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
eINDIA 2009 is a unique platform for knowledge sharing in different domains of ICT for development and facilitates,
multi-stakeholder partnerships and networking among governments, industry, academia and civil society organisations of different countries, including the host country- India. The objective is to bring together ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stakeholders of the region onto one platform, through keynote addresses, paper presentations, thematic workshops and exhibitions.
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The eAgriculture India 2009 Award for ICT Enabled Agricultural Initiative of the Year recognises excellence in the field of agricultural production, agricultural marketing and agro-business with use of ICT.
Delhi government’s decision to put all tenders online is facing a major deadlock, as departments are not willing to put the tenders online. The Public Works Department (PWD), and the Irrigation and the Flood Department have been been floating all their tenders on the e-procurement website, as has been pointed out by the Information Technology (IT) Department.
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Raju Sharma, has been posted as Mission Director (Joint Director rank), in the Department of Science and Technology, Tech Info Forecasting
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
eGOV News
The Department of Information Technology (DIT) is planning to launch a high-pitched awareness campaign for its INR 230 billion e-Governance project. The DIT has earmarked INR 0.15 billion for the campaign, which is likely to be launched around November 2008.
In order to know about the exact size of land plots, the latitude, longitude, evenness of fields and precise location as well as land altitudes and elevation, the farmers in Tajikistan will use Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology system.
The Department of Agriculture of Philippines has launched e-K Agrikultura through its Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR). The e-K Agrikultura is also known as “Kagalingan sa Agrikultura tungo sa Kabuhayan, Kasaganaan at Kaunlaran.
