Finer Aspects of Governance
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The next decade will define all the building blocks for the design and running of effective e-Governance
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Whither CSCs in West Bengal
[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Building a state wide information infrastructure by setting up 6,000 CSCs covering all villages is a commendable plan, but the digital inclusion strategy in the CSC scheme can be effective only when the center owners, service center agency and local government representatives work together for common public goods
State Data Centre
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In the early age of computing, huge computers involving complex sets of components were present which required a lot of power and cooling and posed a daunting task for infrastructure management and operations. During the computing industry boom, computers started to be deployed everywhere, in many cases with little or no care about operating requirements.
