“There are six lakh villages in India and a vast number of them were uncovered with telecom services. USO Fund provides support for setting up rural telephony in these uncovered villages”, says Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India to egov magazine
“We were predominantly a wire line company when we initially started, now we have successfully diversified ourselves into the wireless space. We are also actively thinking in terms of joint ventures.” tells R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL) (A Government of India Enterprise), to egov magazine
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 5th National Summit Serving the Common Man Through e-Governance: Sharing of Experience, the premiere annual event of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on e-Governance in India was successfully organised by ASSOCHAM in alliance with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and Centre for e-Governance on 18th April 2008 at New Delhi
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Liberty Institute, New Delhi and Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change (CSCCC), a coalition of over 40 civil society organisations, jointly organised a conference on climate change and the challenges faced because of the same.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Globalisation, Diversification, Expansion, Acquisition and Merger are some of the key business drivers for any growing and aspiring organisation or corporate house.
Within a month Andhra Pradesh will digitise all the land records in the state. This is expected to bring about transparency and fairness in land deals.
“We want that within the government, the competence and the capacity is built for taking up e-Governance by themselves”, says S R Das, e-Governance Group, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
“We see India as a key developing area for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). There is a lot of scope for leadership. Some of the work that is done in India is very encouraging from the development perspective”, says Jerry Cochran, Senior Security Strategist, Microsoft Corporation
