Panchayats Computerised @ INR 1 Cr in Goa

All one hundred and eighty nine panchayats in Goa are computerised, thereby paving the way for e-governance at grass root level…

500 Million Mobile Subscribers by 2010 in India

With the introduction of 3G spectrum, India, the second largest mobile market in the world, is likely to take its mobile base to 500 million by the year 2010, with an average growth of 10 million new subscribers each month…

Connectivity for Bangladesh by 2015

Internet facility for thirty percent of the Bangladesh population and community-based broadband to all villages by 2015…

Passport Seva Project:Expectations Go Up

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Passport Seva project began as one of the 27 Mission Mode Projects listed in the NeGP. The e-governance project aims, to issue a new passport within threedays and shorten queue time.

National News

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will invest close to INR 250 crore ($50 million) in the e-Governance initiative of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO’s).

Tenders for CDC by Orissa

Under the National e-governance Plan (NeGP) tenders for developing state level Centralised Data Centre (CDC) will be floated by the Orissa information technology (IT) department by the first week of December this year…

ESIC Contract Likely to go to TCS

In the contract to computerise Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has emerged the lowest bidder…

Growing e-Governance in Dubai

e-Services and especially e-Government services are being preferred more and more by the residents of Dubai. A growing trend is being seen towards the fact that most of Dubai web…

Implementation of Passport Seva Project

Bangalore and Chandigarh have been chosen as two cities from across India for the implementation of the Passport Seva Project. The Ministry of External Affairs in association with Tata Consultancy Services…

100 Million Pounds to Improve Governance in Bihar

In June this year, DFID signed an MoU with the Bihar government to invest up to INR 100 million pounds on improving urban and health services in the state over the next five years…