Chennai (India) would be joining the elite group of 17 centres with the recently launched India’s largest e-Governance initiative by the Ministry of Company Affairs and a Mission Mode project under the Government of India’s National e-Governance plan in Tamil Nadu.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, India, is preparing a mission mode project for e-Governance at the Gram Panchayat level under the National e-Governance Plan.
The Survey of India, Tamil Nadu branch, is introducing digital guide maps of City map of Chennai (India) in the form of CDs.
In the wake of the increasing number of cyber crimes in India, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has made a plan to set up three more cyber labs, complementing the existing two centre in Mumbai and Thane, to strengthen the investigation skills of enforcement agencies.
The ‘e-Revolution’ 2006 curtain raiser on July 19, 2006 focused on the roll out plan of the IT roadmap in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in India.
The Government of India will spend a whopping Rs 23,000 crore on various e-Governance initiatives and a part of the funds invested would be recovered through an innovative e-Service tax to be paid by the users of the electronic governance.
The Government of India will shortly sign 22 agreements with private companies such as the Tatas, Reliance and Microsoft to set up rural business hubs in the country.
The Centre for Good Governance (CGG), India, has secured patents for Online Legal Caseload Management System (OLCMS) and Online Grievance Redressal Tracking System (OGRTS) during 2005-2006.
The Indian government has come out with a visionary National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) that will definitely put India firmly on track for using IT for better governance.
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Even though a National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) is in place in India, it appears to be high on intent and low on execution details. There is little coherence and synergy between the efforts of the central ministries and the various state governments. As such, to implement
e-Governance in India the current approach needs to undergo a thorough and holistic review
