Digital guide maps of Chennai (India) coming

The Survey of India, Tamil Nadu branch, is introducing digital guide maps of City map of Chennai (India) in the form of CDs.

All-India income-tax network to be functional by January

The second phase of the all-India income-tax network is expected to be almost ready by this year-end.

Low-cost rural ATM with biometric sensor in India

Grammteller, a low-cost ATM machine, developed by the Telecommunications Network (TeNet) Group of IIT, Chennai is being tested in the metropolis at two places. The kiosk

Motorola to invest US$100 million for cellphones and telecom in India

Motorola will invest US$100 million in India to set up a new facility for manufacturing of cellphones and telecommunication equipment.

Chennai-based Teledata acquires US IT firm

Teledata Informatics, a Chennai-based e-Governance and shipping software solutions company has acquired Alpha Soft Services Corporation (ASC).

PM to launch MCA 21 on March 18 at Delhi

To ensure the security of documents, 7 lakh companies in the country will soon have the option of making all statutory filings through the electronic mode.

Oracle to ramp up presence in India

Oracle is ramping up its India operations in a big way. Now, it plans to add nine cities to its network. These will supplement the six development centres, which it has at Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata.

JNU to click first to e-Governance

Submitting admission applications online, getting a “soft”admission and then getting a degree by mail, getting all the data about pending leaves and dues through the Net and e-Mailing appraisal forms to boss, all this is now set to be a reality for students and staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) which will soon become one of the first universities in India to adopt e-Governance.

Click ‘n’ Ride: Indian rail comes of age!

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

e-Ticketing facility of Indian Railways is getting overwhelming response from all across the country. There has been a phenomenal growth in the number of e-Ticketers, since it was started in 2002. Now a train ride is just a click away…

Bangalore continues to top IT destinations

The results of a recent study of information technology and IT enabled services companies by Trammell Crow Meghraj, international property consultants, says Bangalore was numero uno destination for IT/ITES companies in the country, followed by Mumbai. Hyderabad and Pune steamed ahead of Delhi with Chennai and Kolkata bringing up the rear.