In Fact
In Fact

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

The use of ICT is inevitable to improve the usage of existing branch infrastructure to expand its the outreach of the formal financial system to the rural poor. The following are some initiatives towards achieving financial inclusion:

ICT potentials in agriculture
ICT potentials in agriculture

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

Background
Noboby can gainsay the role of ICTs in modern agriculture and farming practices. To understand the present scenario and to explore further scopes,

Impacting Agriculture : N K Das, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
Impacting Agriculture : N K Das, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

The National Agriculture Policy lays emphasis on the use of Information Technology for achieving a more rapid development of Agriculture in India. In pursuance thereof, the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation(DAC) has taken up an initiative to prepare National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A) with a view to promote focused and integrated implementation of
e-Governance activities in Agriculture. N K Das, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture speaks to egov magazine about the various ICT programmes being implemented under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.

Curtain Raiser
Curtain Raiser

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

The XIth National e-Governance Conference is being organised jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India and Department of Information Technology, Government of Haryana.

INFORMATION ON FARM FRONT
INFORMATION ON FARM FRONT

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

Introduction
New crop variety information can greatly affect the profitability of growers. Newer high yielding varieties provide growers with greater profits and allow the local grains industry to utilise or export better grain quality. In Western Australia, 95 percent

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