PM urges states to promote e-Governance
Prime Minister of India Mr. Manmohan Singh has advised states to lay special focus on improving the quality of governance by promoting e-Governance.
Sify, IRCTC team up for e-Ticketing
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.
CSI gets 100 eGov projects from 21 states for evaluation
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.
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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.
Tollgate goes online in Andhra Preadesh, 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.
e-Paper of The Hindu from 10th September
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.
ICTS in e-Business
[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.
“Bottom Up” Perspectives on ICTs and the Right to Information
[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.
Madhya Pradesh State pioneers in e-Governance in India
The State of Madhya Pradesh has achieved a position among front ranking states including Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat and Goa in the fast emerging area of e-Governance as revealed in a countrywide survey carried out recently by ‘Data Quest’ magazine.
All-India income-tax network to be functional by January
The second phase of the all-India income-tax network is expected to be almost ready by this year-end.
