Karnataka which was ranked No 2 last year in e-Governance is now slipped to No 9 according to a survey, conducted by CyberMedia’s publication Dataquest, in association with research firm IDC India on the impact of e-Governance on business and laypersons. According to survey, there is lack of political stability, which is crucial to the success of e-Governance initiatives.
According to Dataquest-IDC e-Gov Survey 2008, Delhi is the best e-Governed state of 2007 followed by Goa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) provides an opportunity for private sector participation in financing, designing, construction, operation & maintenance
Aman Kumar Singh is an Indian Revenue Services(Customs and Central Excise) Officer of 1995 batch with an Engineering Background (Regional Engineering College, Bhopal). He is presently Chief Executive Officer of Chattisgarh infotech and biotech Promotion Society CHiPS) and Secretary-in-charge (IT) of Government of Chattisgarh.
On 26th November,2007, the Chandigarh Administration inaugurated an e-Gram Sampark Center at Village Behlana as a part of the drive to provide e-Governance services to empower the rural people of union territory.
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Finger-prints, the oldest biometric sign of identity, have been used for about 100 years. Scientific studies on finger-prints were initiated in the late sixteenth century, but the foundation of modern finger-print identification was established by the studies of Sir F. Galton and E. Henry at the end of nineteenth century.
Chhattisgarh has introduced the first e-Court system in the state capital, Raipur. This is for the first time, the hearing of murder case used video conferencing.
Chhattisgarh, India has become the first state in Asia to receive the UN award for “excellence in participation and capacity building” category.
Soon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will connect India through satellites to provide education, health and other social services to people, especially who are living in rural areas.
[This article was published in the April 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With the aim of strengthening National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) , initially in 200 districts which got subsequently extended to 330 and finally to all rural districts across the country, National Informatics Centre
