ICTD project workshop

[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Organised by the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), the Make ICTs work for people:

Jharkhand state in India goes online

Netguru Inc’s Indian subsidiary, Netguru India has won an e-governance contract from the Jharkhand state government to develop a portal for them to increase interaction with the public.

Adobe bullish on e-gov applications

Adobe Systems India, a fully-owned subsidiary of Adobe Systems Inc, a network publishing solutions provider, is bullish on e-governance applications.

Delhi Municipal Corporation’s egovernance initiatives

When man is the master, and technology the faithful follower at his heels, things get cracking. Witness the Delhi municipal corporation’s initiatives to make tedious chores a pleasure for the city’s residents.

States spend on e-Gov to touch Rs 15,000 Cr: Nasscom

As per Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) study, State governments will spend close to a staggering Rs 15,000 crore on computing their operations over the next five years. The government sector accounted for nine per cent of the total IT spend in India in 2002, which is estimated to go up to 15 per cent of the total IT spend in the next five years, the study said.

Government of Uganda looking e-Gov to cut cost

While speaking at a one-day workshop themed: Enabling e-Governance in Uganda at the International Conference Centre in Kampala, Dr Maggie Kigozi, the executive director of Uganda Investment Authority said that e-governance is the most effective way of reducing costs in running public affairs from the lower levels of government to the central government.As there are only four districts in Uganda that have access to e-governance; Kayunga, Mbarara, Mbale and Lira, ” Expenditure on local government affairs can reduce by 10 percent if e-Governance is promoted in all the 56 districts,” she mentioned.

IBM India going for West Bengal e-Gov plans

The Indian arm of International Business Machines (IBM) is going for the West Bengal government

Perspective:Information for development

[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

When talking about information for development it may be useful to first outline what we are talking about

e-Governance in India

[This article was published in the November 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

With the spread of information technologies and World Wide Web, certain demands have emerged, touching the vital areas of Governmental functioning such as right to information, transparency in functioning and speedier decisions.

Marketplace of Ideas

[This article was published in the October 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

People need support and motivation to understand why it is worth their time and money to acquire these new tools and learn how to use them.