Thousands of villagers across 12 states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the help of mobiles over the coming few months.
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It has been more than two years that I wrote an article, in this very magazine, about the National e-Governance Plan NeGP).
The Power Department of Mizoram (India) has introduced a new service to pay electric bills through Internet within Aizawl.
The Reserve Bank of India has launched an e-Portal (www.ict.cab.org.in) on information and communication technology (ICT) enabled financial inclusion efforts of banks.
In order to popularize e-Payment of taxes among the 3.2 crore-odd income tax payers in the country, the Income-Tax Department of India is making mandatory e-Payment taxation for certain categories.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On the day of Gandhi Jayanti, 2nd October 2007, which incidentally was the day for local Gujjar community
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Canara Bank has launched its first mobile biometric ATM to enable people in rural areas , so that rural people can access banking facilities. The bank plans to launch nine more mobile ATMs in the next few months.
Dubai e-Government signed a memorandum of strategic partnership (MOSP) with Etisalat, the UAE’s leading telecommunications provider, to deliver a range of ICT solutions to Government units in the UAE and across the region.
