ICT in Indian Agriculture: A powerful intervention
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indian agriculture is on the wheels of mission mode transformation.
COMMENTARY
Kalashnikov Theory of e-Government
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
If eGovernment is to be promoted as a tool for progressive change across the Middle East then it has to be in a sound local context and with the financial and technical support that will take modest projects to the point of being able to deliver simple, useful shared, services for the many. This is the Kalashnikov theory of e-government.
Reinventing Government through e-Governance
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance should not limit itself to helping Government serve people better but should target to empower them. If this objective is achieved, then one can think of a true participatory democracy.
Positioning e-Governance on fast track in India
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Presently, e-Governance has become a widely-debated subject attracting all round attention.
Potholes in the free-way
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Asia-Pacific countries are adopting public sector reforms to better compete in the regional and global economy by strengthening markets and individual choice and in turn economic growth and poverty reduction.
Rural information, knowledge and services
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This article presents the trends, approaches and a vision for the development of rural information, knowledge and services in developing economies.
Popularising e-Governance services
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Popularising e-Governance services This article traces the whys, and suggests how e-Governance services can be made more attractive and usable to the end citizen for whom they are meant. In short this article suggests ways to
Empowering communities through knowledge (ECKO)
[This article was published in the October 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In 2005, the eUSER project undertook a questionnaire survey covering approximately 10,000 households in ten European Union Member States. Some very interesting initial results inform that face-to-face contact is still the most important channel for contacting government in Europe and One quarter of individual eGovernment users have acted as intermediaries for family members or friends.
Benchmarking e-Readiness evaluation
[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A ccording to Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations, e-Government, a relatively new phenomenon in the work of public administration the world over, has come with a great development promise but without a blueprint for its deployment.
Creating digital trust through Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
POWERTEL offers its country wide telecom network to support the e-Governance initiatives of Government of India and various state governments
