India News: May 2011
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India News: May 2011
DEPARTMENT-OF-INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY
The line of debate
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security
In three years, all state departments will be integrated online : Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna, Director – Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, India
Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna
Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra
NeGP Update
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, has presented a policy drat for mobile governance
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The framework looks largely at ways in which the mobile can be used to provide government services. The draft has been tabled and available forcomments from anyone till the 15th of April, 2011.
Smart City 2011 Event
[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Smart City 2011 Event
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
Bengal Gaining e-Governance Grounds
In a bid to straighten up some e-Governance facilities Bengal has buckled up. EMC, a provider of data storage facilities has joined hands with the Bengal government to set up a state data centre (SDC).
Urban Governance: Can help?
[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Municipal e-Governance through advanced, interactive and user-friendly technologies is the way forward. The agenda is to minimise personal visits to a government office and ensure speedy delivery of G2C services
Institutionalising efficiency
[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The proposed right to services legislation in some states of the country will make government officers pay for delay in service delivery. Will it really work?
