Motorola develops Canopy for village schools in India
Motorola has developed a unique wireless broadband solution called `Canopy’. The
Augmenting PURA initiative through cost-effective implementation
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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India: National policy on e-Waste
Electronic waste (e-Waste), unlike other forms of waste, can cause immediate danger to all inhabitants owing to its high toxicity and carcinogenic qualities. e-Waste is very much hazardous type for health.
Get ration cards online: Delhi
Delhi is all set to go for computerised system for the issuance of ration card. In the month of July, all the 70 circles of Delhi’s Civil Supplies Department would get centrally connected to the head office, making the sorting and verification process for ration cards much easier and time saving.
ROC services go online in Andhra Pradesh
The Ministry of Company Affairs, Andhra Pradesh (MCA), India, launched the MCA21 Project on April 20th, which provides all ROC services on the Internet. The services provided by the ROCs include registration of companies, receipt of the statutory returns filed by the companies and issue of copies of the records needed by them.
PM to launch MCA 21 on March 18 at Delhi
To ensure the security of documents, 7 lakh companies in the country will soon have the option of making all statutory filings through the electronic mode.
Collaborative research to be conducted on e-Governance
Microsoft and the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG) will set up an innovation centre at Delhi next month for conducting research in e-Governance.
ICT Policy in Indonesia
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
APWKomitel (Associations of Community Internet Centre), work closely with various ICT and Police Departments in Indonesia aspiring to develop a good Internet policy for both (cybercafe) in urban areas and (telecentres) in rural areas.
‘Indian’ ties up with Amadeus for e-tickets
The National carrier ‘Indian’ has tied up with Amadeus to provide e-tickets to its passengers. IBM will undertake the upgradation of processes and systems at Indian to bring it to International Air Transport Association e-ticketing standards.
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.
