Public services e-ready in Bhutan
By 2010, obtaining a citizenship identity card, or a land ownership certificate may not take as long as now, with the launching of an e-platform in Thimphu.
Cabinet approves cyber highway for linking India’s police stations
Ambitious INR 2 crore three-year project to link India’s 14,000 police stations via a cyber highway approved by the Cabinet.
Rajiv Project Mission Unaccomplished
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
More than five crore rural citizens of Andhra Pradesh have been bereft of promises of utility payment services, land records and information services and computer literacy, with a key partner walking out of the prestigious PPP-mode RAJiv Internet Village Centres project amid challenges of its sustainability.
ICT Ministry Plans to Launch Five-year e-Government Roadmap
The Information and Communications Technology Ministry of Thailand is planning to launch an e-Governance Road Map that will be used as a framework for e-Government developments over the five years from 2010 to 2014. The draft version of the roadmap would be submitted to the Cabinet Ministry for approval before sending to all government agencies.
GoI Sanctions US$351 Million For e-Services Network
US$351 million sanctioned by Government of India (GoI) to deliver government-to-government, government-to-business and government-to-citizen e-services in 32 states and Union Territories (UTs) across the country.
National News: March 2009
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore
End-to-end Online CST Forms Application Procedure
As a step towards achieving hundred percent e- Governance adoption, the procedure of issuance of statutory forms under the Central Sales tax Act, 1956 is being further changed.
Dubai Municipality Accomplishes 1.4 million e-Transactions
Dubai Municipality has accomplished a record 1,386,791 e-transactions last year i.e. 2008, marking a tremendous success of the e-government project of the Municipality. Among the 492 e-services provided by the Municipality e-portal, 402 are main services and others are branch services covering information services and transactional services that facilitate easy access to a number of forms required for getting the Municipality services accomplished.
‘Best e-Government Initiative’ Award to DNRD, Dubai
Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) was handed the ‘Best e-Government Initiative’ Award at the Arabian Business Awards for 2008.
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…
