The Chief Commissioner of the Income tax department, Rajiva Deva inaugurated the help centre of e-filing of income tax return on November 4, 2006. According to Deva, now people can file their income tax returns on the internet also.
Still Postal services are most popular means of communication. Now ICT is also looking forward in this sector in Africa.
In India, Jharkhand has been nominated for the best e-Governance state award given by the Computer Society of India. Computer Society of India has nominated Jharkhand for its campaign for the introduction of e-Governance in administrative system.
Soon, the project named e-Soochana Sahayata will launch in Jagatsinghpur, India, which will give all benefits of e-Governance.
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Procurement is still considered to be a new and volatile area in the local governments in Malaysia.
e-Governance is taking its doorsteps towards rural areas. In India, the Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh district administration, is set to launch a website named, `Prajahita
Microsoft, software giant has designed a software package for India, which will digitally record FIRs and scenes of crimes. Microsoft has released this product for the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The State Government of Bangalore, (India) is planning to hold an IT investors meet in Belgaum in the end of November. Government is trying to attract IT companies to the tier-II city.
A Rwandan ICT company, Publicell has made partnership with Mobile Payments (MoPay) International to provide mobile payment system in Rwanda. The system will enable banks, telecom operators and bill issuing companies to allow their customers for the use of mobile phones and computer system to order and pay for goods and services.
A conference is in progress in Sun City in the North West to set the stage for ICT development in South Africa. The conference is held by the Public Service and Administration Department and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA).
