[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
As the August issue of egov reaches you we will be only a few weeks away from the 5th edition of India’s Largest and most respected ICT event – eIndia. We at egov are very proud to present this landmark event again to you, in 5th consecutive year.
The Central government’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) fund will provide broadband connectivity to around 50,000 villages in a phased manner.
The Puducherry government plans to introduce INR 70 crore e-governance project in a phased manner to ensure transparent and citizens friendly administration.
The Central government has hiked the allocation for its flagship rural job scheme by 144% to INR 39,000 crore.
The Rajasthan Transport department has embarked on a massive e-governance mission under which all its records will be computerised, even at the level of the district transport office (DTO).
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
More than five crore rural citizens of Andhra Pradesh have been bereft of promises of utility payment services, land records and information services and computer literacy, with a key partner walking out of the prestigious PPP-mode RAJiv Internet Village Centres project amid challenges of its sustainability.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Central government has taken many initiatives in the form of project for delivering citizen centric services using ICT. Some of these projects standout in delivering quality services and thus making life of people hassel free. Acknowledging such projects egov discusses 5 egov projects.
The first model e-court in the country has been launched by the Gujarat High Court here recently. It has started functioning on a pilot basis at the Ahmedabad City Civil and Sessions Court, providing tamperproof authentic audio-video recording of proceedings with multi-point video conferencing facilities linking the courtroom, central jail, the police commissioner
Government of Goa through Tourism Department has already set up surveillance cameras on beaches in order to enable monitoring of the tourist in Goa
