[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Finance department forms the lifeline to the functioning of the entire state government. It is very essential for the finance department to effectively manage the budget, expenditure and revenue and to provide required support to the other departments of the state government.
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Procurement is the process wherein the physical tendering activity is carried out online using the Internet and associated technologies.
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Award for Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year aims to honour civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral, multi-lateral developmental organisations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing ICT services for Governance. The Award is an attempt to recognize the civil societies and development organizations whose exemplary service and success towards spreading the word of ICTs for governance, may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Nandan Nilekani has been given the charge of the one of most important eGovernance projects -UID.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Department of Information and Technology (IT), Government of India launched the National eGovernance Plan (NeGP) in 2006, with the prime objective to deliver
[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 August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Government of India is considering to form a new energy efficiency company, to be named as Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL).
BSNL would provide bandwidth services for the implementation of Orissa State Wide Area Network (OSWAN) project, being taken up at a cost of INR 200 crore under the National e-Governance Plan.
In a first initiative by a municipal corporation in the country, the Chennai Corporation will provide SMS alerts on immunisation schedules to those women who are registered with its healthcare facilities.
The government will work towards simplifying the tax structure in the next four years and also introduce a simplified version of tax filing form Saral, called Saral 2.
