Online power bill payment facility in India

The North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) has started a Mobile Bill Payment Centre and introduced online bill payment facility through credit card for its over nine lakh consumers in the Indian Capital.

NCDEX: Bridging information gap

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

National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), a leading commodity exchange in India, provides a world-class platform for market participants to trade in a range of commodities.

Tiruchi Corporation strengthens e-Governance system

The Tiruchi Corporation has made significant improvements to its e-Governance system towards making the local body more people friendly. An updated website, extension of online tax collection system for collection of underground drainage charges and facility to pay taxes through credit cards are among the major value additions to the system.

Hivos and Hivos Partners

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Straight Talk is a unique platform for youth in Kenya with a nation-wide outreach and successful in providing Kenyan adolescents with a forum for open dialogue on sexuality and reproductive rights related to HIV AIDS, homosexuality, girls

LOKVANI: An (e)ffort to (e)mpower citizens

[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Lokvani is an innovative model of Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) implemented in district Sitapur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a self sustainable solution, wherein the existing cyber cafes are being leveraged to act as franchisees, benefiting the citizens, the administration and the kiosks operators.

e-Governance implementation in Government of Pondicherry (GoP) – a holistic approach

[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Owing to the fast progress of the state of West Bengal in recent years in IT and e-Governance services, it is now being counted as one among the leading states in e-Governance along with Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

Bridging the Digital Divide through electronic knowledge based Panchayat

[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

ePanchayat is a software product conceptualised, designed and developed with the active involvement of the stakeholders at lowest administrative level and is implemented in Andhra Pradesh. It started as a pilot project in Ramachandrapuram in Medak district and spread initially to 40 districts. Now, it has been announced that ePanchayat would be rolled out in 475 major gram panchayats across the state at a cost of Rs 8.31 crores (1.9 million USD).

Revamping Citizen Services

[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to leverage information and communication technologies to provide efficient, affordable, accountable and transparent municipal services to the people of Delhi.

Bringing the world at your doorstep

[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

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Benchmarking e-Readiness evaluation

[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

A ccording to Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations, e-Government, a relatively new phenomenon in the work of public administration the world over, has come with a great development promise but without a blueprint for its deployment.