5th National Summit Serving the Common Man Through e-Governance

[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

Building an online learner support system

[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.

Land Records to be Digitised Within a Month in Andhra Pradesh

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.

India: NISG, Tapmi join hands to make babus e-Smart

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.

Internet Ticketing Project

[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

Ekgaon Technologies, India

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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

In Fact

[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:

SKS Microfinance, India

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SKS Microfinance is working extensively on rural credit and microfinance and trying to identify feasible financial solutions for the rural Indian folk.

Brihaspati e-learning platform

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India

India: Delhi is the Best e-Governed State of 2007

According to Dataquest-IDC e-Gov Survey 2008, Delhi is the best e-Governed state of 2007 followed by Goa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.