Software Product Certification For e-Governance Initiative

First of its kind in India, the Union ministry of communications and IT has decided to set up a certification facility for software security products,in Kolkata, according to BJ Srinath, senior director of the ministry’s Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In). It would be an important initiative for state governments and various government institutions as it will create security zones for the various e-governance applications, thereby curbing cyber crimes in e-governance.

e-Managed Civic Hospitals in Mumbai

The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to link all its hospitals and healthcare centres through a computerised network, in a move to boost its e-governance plan.

e-Enabled Government Municipal Corporation

Renewing trade licences and getting a building permission will no more be as time consuming and tiring as it is now. For the slow-paced manual work of the Government Municipal Corporation will soon make way for complete e-governance.Under the National Mission Mode Programme (NMMP)

e-Panchayat in Limbo

The tall project towards connecting all the panchayats across the country is in limbo, with the Panchayati Raj Ministry complaining that the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry are not too keen on allocating funds for it.

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

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Hartron to foray outside Haryana (India)

The Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation (Hartron) is planning to diversify its operations into newer areas and is scouting for business opportunities outside the state.

India: Madhya Pradesh plans to deploy SWAN infrastructure

The Government of Madhya Pradesh is deploying state wide area networks to support e-Governance projects. Delhi based Tulip Telecom will deploy the SWAN infrastructure across the state.

India: DIT plans to launch campaign for e-Governance project

The Department of Information Technology (DIT) is planning to launch a high-pitched awareness campaign for its INR 230 billion e-Governance project. The DIT has earmarked INR 0.15 billion for the campaign, which is likely to be launched around November 2008.

India: Six departments in Kerala Secretariat to go paperless

The State Government of Kerala has taken a policy decision to implement paperless office system in six departments in the Secretariat. Under the policy, six departments are finance, information technology, public works, food and civil supplies, higher education and non-resident Keralites.

India: KMC has an IT department

In order to streamline administration and expedite e-Governance, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has set up a separate Information Technology department. The existing data processing department has been merged into the new department.