In order to improve its e-Governance, the Government of Tamil Nadu has a launched a website for online processing of land documents. The website was launched at a regional review conference organised jointly by the Land Resources department and Union Ministry of Rural Development.
The Government of India has asked private organisations specifically the ICT industry to establish BPOs and call centres in rural areas. While addressing a gathering of dignitaries at the VARIndia IT Forum 2008, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Minister of Rural Development stated that the growth of India can be achieved if government is able to offer employment to the youth in the rural areas, which comprises 70 % of the population.
“We were predominantly a wire line company when we initially started, now we have successfully diversified ourselves into the wireless space. We are also actively thinking in terms of joint ventures.” tells R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL) (A Government of India Enterprise), to egov magazine
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 5th National Summit Serving the Common Man Through e-Governance: Sharing of Experience, the premiere annual event of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on e-Governance in India was successfully organised by ASSOCHAM in alliance with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and Centre for e-Governance on 18th April 2008 at New Delhi
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Indira Gandhi National Open University is the largest university in the world today with more than 1.8 millions of students enrolled.
Within a month Andhra Pradesh will digitise all the land records in the state. This is expected to bring about transparency and fairness in land deals.
Hyderabad based National Institute of Smart Government (NISG), a government advisory body on e-governance has tied up with TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal (Tapmi) to roll out one-year management programme that will offer specialisation in e-Governance.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Generally favourable attitude to ICTs amongst the SMEs surveyed, suggests a failure to recognise ICTs
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The need for microcredit
Self-Help Group (SHG) movement in India constitutes one of the largest microfinance networks in the World. However, SHGs
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The use of ICT is inevitable to improve the usage of existing branch infrastructure to expand its the outreach of the formal financial system to the rural poor. The following are some initiatives towards achieving financial inclusion:
