Government of India to issue Biometric PAN cards soon

The Indian Government is planning to issue biometric cards with enhanced security features like fingerprint or retinal scans to all the new income tax payers in the country.

Indian Govt. launches e-Payment system for Excise and Service Tax

Now, it would be mandatory to make the payment through e-Mode from April 1, 2007. The Finance Minister of India, P. Chidambaram has launched the Electronic Accounting System in Excise and Service Tax (EASIEST).

Promoting strategic use of ICTs in SMEs

[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

More allocations on National e-Governance programmes in Indian Annual Budget

The Union Government of India has increased the allocation for e-Governance programmes by 82 per cent to INR 719 million to fund the ambitious programmes of e-Governance.

ICTD Project Newsletter

[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

In December 2002, the Government of India approved a policy for the grant of licenses for setting up of Community Radio Stations to well established educational institutions including Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management (IITs/IIMs).

NSI, India, starts online service for citizens

The Finance Minister of India, Mr P. Chidambaram, launched a website of the National Savings Institute (NSI) for dissemination of information and online redress of complaints related to various small savings schemes offered by the central government.

IT for tax payment in India

The Finance Minister of India has planned up to double the taxpayer base by 2010-11. To make this plan successful, a massive IT networking strategy that promises to increase the number of the tax payers in the country is going to be introduced.