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[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Community Radio in the hands of Communities: Operations and Collaborations
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A three-day workshop on
IT Ministry’s Pilot Project in Tamil Nadu and Bihar
Four districts in Tamil Nadu and three districts in Bihar in India have been chosen for a pilot project by the Information Technology ministry to introduce e-Governance at the district level administration.
Tele-justice bridges India’s courts and jails
The Government of India has taken nation-wide project to connect jails and district courts across the country via a tele-justice or video conferencing system. With the help of tele-justice, the accused can now be present in a court through a video link, established on ISDN lines, between the prison and the court.
Swan Projects Completed in Three States
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu have successfully implemented State-Wide Area Network (SWAN), the backbone infrastructure for rolling out the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). All the three states have opted for the private-public partnership (PPP) mode for the project.
News ASIA
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
china’s ICT ready to boom
Bihar Government to Start 6 major e-Governance Projects
The state government of Bihar, India is working on six major e-Governance initiatives worth INR 1.6 million with Tata Consultancy services (TCS).
Aiming to Service the Citizens at their Door-Steps : Syedain Abbasi, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT
Syedain Abbasi, an officer from the 1990 batch of Indian Administrative Service joined the Department of Information Technology in February 2004. Currently he is handling the preparation and monitoring implementation of the National e-Governance Plan.
ISRO sets up 291 VRCs to benefit rural India
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has established 291 Village Resource Centres (VRCs) to provide integrated services, including tele-education, tele-medicine, natural resources information and skill development in rural India.
