The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is a group of 36 Coral islands of which 11 are inhabited. Islands are scattered randomly in Arabian sea about 220 kms to 420 kms away
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India expects to collect INR 350 billion from the auction of third-generation (3G) radio spectrum, scheduled to happen by December this year. The auction would allow telecoms firms to offer services such as high-speed Internet and video downloads on mobile phones. The government had initially aimed to get INR 200 billion.
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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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.
Indian Government is working on technology, which will allow Indian citizens to fill forms and payments of utility bills among others through mobile technology. The technology will also enable a citizen in a remote area without internet access to use mobile phones to access services like land records and employment exchanges.
