[This article was published in the June 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT is revolutionising the way local governments or the Panchayats work by bridging the gap between the government as a service provider and citizen at the bottom of the pyramid.
The power demand in Delhi is around 4400MW in peak hours. Our contribution is around 700-750 MWs. Rest of the demand is met through purchasing power from other states and corporations. In order to reduce this dependence, we have planned to have in-house generating capacity, that too, without polluting the environment.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Nandan Nilekani has been given the charge of the one of most important eGovernance projects -UID.
[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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