[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With this issue, egov magazine is completing 5 years of its inception. This is a unique feat. With this, we have become perhaps the first magazine in entire Asia, Middle East and Africa to have completed 5 years of uninterrupted print magazine publication on e-Governance.
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In order to ensure regular content flow of information with regard to Rural Development Programmes at various levels (National, State and District and Block levels), a number of steps have been taken to strengthen IT infrastructure in the Ministry.
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In early 1990s, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore and Pune were chosen by the Government of India for grooming of these cities as Information Technology (IT) destinations of the country. Software Technology Parks of India
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
In spite of the rapid strides that we are making in Information Technology, there are many issues and challenges that continue to undermine the initiatives being taken.
We have done extremely well on the e-Procurement front. Now, any procurement of the government above INR 100,000 is done through e-Procurement. Leading state PSUs have also deployed e-Procurement. All Urban Local Bodies of the State have also switched over to e-Procurement mode
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Please give your views on the importance of State Data Centres. How do you correlate this technological intervention with good governance?
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With a total plan outlay of Rs. 1623 Crore, State Data Centres are poised to become the back bone of the Government to Citizen (G2C), Government to Business (G2B) and Government to Government (G2G) interactions in 28 states and seven Union Territories, under the National e-Governance Plan
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In the early age of computing, huge computers involving complex sets of components were present which required a lot of power and cooling and posed a daunting task for infrastructure management and operations. During the computing industry boom, computers started to be deployed everywhere, in many cases with little or no care about operating requirements.
