GOI on Access Service Licensing
The Government of India (GOI) had formulated the New Telecom Policy 99 (NTP 99) for proliferation of telecom services and facilities at affordable rates across the length & breadth of the country…
BIHAR
Hughes Partnering in 17,356 CSCs
State Service Agencies (SCA) are all set to partner with HughesNet Fusion for the rollout of the company’s services at 17,356 common service centres (CSCs) in states like Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar…
Current Status on State Wide Area Network
The Centre has released 478 crore rupees for providing connectivity to all Blocks/Tahsils/ District and State Headquarters under the “State Wide Area Network” (SWAN) scheme…
1 Lakh Common Service Centres by July 2009
Government plans to establish One Lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) in 600,000 villages,to provide IT enabled services to the people in the rural areas.Out of which 18,000 CSCs have already been set up.The CSC roll out is part of Department of Information technology’s steps to support Infrastructure under the National E-Governance Plan for enabling anytime, anywhere delivery of government services. Department of Information Technology would provide calibrated support through policy interventions and appropriate financial support to create the basic infrastructure for these 100,000 proposed CSCs. All these CSCs are scheduled to be operational by July next year.
The Sorrow of Bihar
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
WiMAX: Enhancing Networks
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Advantage-Score
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Common Service Centre innaugurated in a Bihar village
As part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), the Chief Minister of the east Indian state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar inaugurated a Common Service Center (CSC) locally known as Vasudha e-Seva centre in Panapur, a small village near Danapur, in the state. The innauguration was conducted through video-conferencing, thus living up to a complete e-Governance model.
e-FIRs in Police Stations of Indian state – Bihar
Police in the eastern Indian state of Bihar will soon introduce paper less operations in its police stations across the state. The state police is introducing a software named CIPA (Crime Investigation Police Application) which will allow registration of First Information Reports (FIRs) through the Internet.
UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi Recommends Replication of Bihar RTI Call Centre Model
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chief Sonia Gandhi called upon Congress Chief Ministers to adopt the model of an Right To Information (RTI) call centre run by the NDA government in Bihar. This would enable accessibility of information to the poor and illiterate. However, the UPA government is weighing the system before replicating it at the Centre.
