Biometric ATMs for rural sector

Union Bank of India, Dena bank and Central Bank of India are planning to install biometric automated teller machine (ATM) to provide services for rural customers of India.

Government plans to provide mobile phone services to 2.5 lakh villages in India

India Government has taken the mobile services project under the Universal Services Obligation and it is expected to cover 2.5 lakh remote villages across the country.

Now Indians can file their income tax return through e-filling service

The Chief Commissioner of the Income tax department, Rajiva Deva inaugurated the help centre of e-filling of income tax return on November 4, 2006. According to the Deva, now people can file their income tax returns on the internet also.

IT department sets e-filing centre in Bihar and Jharkhand (India)

The Chief Commissioner of the Income tax department, Rajiva Deva inaugurated the help centre of e-filing of income tax return on November 4, 2006. According to Deva, now people can file their income tax returns on the internet also.

Forms: The need for ReForms

[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Developing a common low cost electronic healthcare records (EHCR) system in India involves great challenge.

Bihar approves the implementation of e-governance on Bihar Panchayats

Bihar Government has approved the proposal of e-governance in its all 8,479 panchayats at a cost of Rs.252 million. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation have designed the e-governance software project.

India: Bihar govt. gets laptops under NeGP

The Bihar government is finally taking steps to catch up with other developed states by equipping all of their 26 ministers with sophisticated laptop computers under the national e-Governance plan of the Central government.

IT penetration to change the Indian scenario says minister

The growing use of IT in government departments of India is the fact that Government of India (GoI) has acknowledged the potential of IT and started looking at it as a component of progress.

e-Governance in Bihar: myth or reality

In a bid to make e-Governance a reality, Bihar is all set to take a big leap towards e-Governance to adopt it as a state policy on the advice of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

e-Governance as a state policy in Bihar, India

The state cabinet of Bihar, India, adopted e-Governance as a state policy to cover the entire state and district administrations for better and transparent flow of information from the government level down to the block administration.