The President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam Broadband at Commonwealth Connects 2007, the International e-Partnership Summit organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Commonwealth Business Council, said that broadband connectivity can improve life in villages.
Tax administration at the state level in India will be provided with a common value added tax (VAT) form, procedures and tariff codes which can help uniformity and standardisation in the VAT structure. Indian Government is also working on an e-Governance framework for VAT administration.
In an effort to ensure the revenue sustainability of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), maintain infrastructure and provide uninterrupted quality power, the Ministry of Power, Government of India has made deployment of franchisees mandatory for management of rural distribution network.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Centre for e-Governance, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIMA) India is organsing a two-day workshop on
President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will inaugurate the two-day Commonwealth Connects International e-Partnership Summit in New Delhi on March 23, 2007. IT Ministers; CEOs, managing directors and other senior members from private sector and ICT world will attend the summit.
The Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India (GoI), will receive consultancy services from premier management schools like the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon for accessing its e-Governance projects.
The two-day National conference of the Computer Society of India (CSI), ‘eGov-2007’ on ‘Redefining Governance through IT’ has concluded with 10 commandments on e-Governance in India.
Allahabad High Court of India has directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) state government to set up a website in the state, which will track the missing children.
