[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
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Many e-Health experts have emphasized that IT will and can help disaster management, but much preparatory work is required.
Dr Alok Shukla, Secretary, School Education, Chhattisgarh speaking exclusively to Digital Learning on the progress the state has made so far in school education with a focus on integration of ICT
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The key role of ICT in the prevention and mitigation efforts for HIV/AIDS in India is generating awareness and providing practical information to people and in capacity building.
Chhattisgarh, earlier a part of the state of Madhya Pradesh (India), came into being on November 1, 2000. Despite being a new state, Government of Chhattisgarh is taking many e-Government initiatives to deliver significant benefits to citizens and businesses. It has come out with IT and ITES Policy and is first state in India to design a comprehensive roadmap for e-Governance.
National Informatic Centre (NIC) is a premier government technical body of India responsible for various computeris-ation projects. Estab- lishment of NICNET & CICs (in the north-east India) have been some of NIC
