[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
How do teachers, administrators and policy makers feel about their experiences with technology?
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In recent years, countries including India have responded to the global need to constantly upgrade the ICT skills and adaptability of human trends with more knowledge expansion that can support an accelerated spread of new technologies in the whole system.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It is widely discussed that governments in developing nations cost too much, deliver too little, and are not sufficiently responsive or accountable.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India announced the establishment of 60,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural India by the end of the financial year.
The Government of India plans to issue e-passports to diplomats from next month and to the citizens from the September 2010 onwards.
In a move to serve the ex-servicemen of the armed forces better, Jharkhand state announced the launch of a separate website which will contain latest database of retired personnel of the defence services, like Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, residing in the state.
The National Spot Exchange (NSEL) of India in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has been appointed to upgrade the working of the existing network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) which are a part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India. Both the organisations will work towards the development of synergies between the NSEL and CSC projects which will provide e-trading platform to the farmers.
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
“Today, both government and private sector is investing extensively in infrastructure upgradation and new technology implementation.
“SDC is one of the most sophisticated component of the e-Governance project in India for which experts with specific skill sets such as security, software, hardware are required. Besides these, managing the entire activities of different departments of the government is also crucial,” says Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Secretary IT, Government of Maharashtra
