[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Making ICTs relevant to the poor people is basically about providing information and knowledge services, which are related to their livelihood.
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
EDITORIAL
Prime Minister of India Mr. Manmohan Singh has advised states to lay special focus on improving the quality of governance by promoting e-Governance.
Internet company Sify has announced its tie up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to make online railway ticketing service available at over 3,400 iWay cybercafes across 154 cities, on cash payments.
The Computer Society of India (CSI) has received over 100 eGovernance projects from 21 States for evaluation based on the project features, sustainability and technology innovation.
With the advent of new networking solutions, falling prices of satellite equipment and bandwidth costs, a `Health Network’ will soon be a reality in India. It will mean a world of difference to rural India.
Officials of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Vijayawada, (Andhra Preadesh) have achieved a record by providing a leased line with 128 kbps data circuit at Pottipadu.
As an e-Paper on the Internet, the daily newspaper of India, ‘The Hindu’ will be formally launched in digital form, on September 10, 2006.
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Eleven years after the Fourth World Conference on Women which was held in 1995 in Beijing that came out with a Action Plan, and six years after the Millennium Summit which focused on some of the common goals relating to gender equality, poverty reduction, education for all, maternal mortality, etc.
[This article was published in the August 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Malaysia, an upper-middle economic state in SouthEast Asia, found its connectivity with the world with the installation of the first telephone line in 1874.
