Recommendations For Rehabilitation From MSSRF

[This article was published in the January 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh has rightly stressed that every calamity presents also an opportunity for equipping ourselves to face with greater confidence and competence similar calamities in the future. The Government of India has announced that a Tsunami Early Warning System as well as a National Disaster Management Authority will be set up soon.

A Vision

[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

This article envisions how open source software would cater to the needs of rural India in 2020. A much needed change in policy at the government level is required to take open source to the grassroots.

A Draft Proposal:The alternative e-Gov plan for the nation

[This article was published in the September 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

…a multitude of experimental applications, pilots and demonstrations. …neither an efficient nor scalable basis for the integrated transparent governance structure needed by the citizens of our country

Low Power FM Radio:Indian universities jump into broadcasting

[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Farm Radio Broadcast is the core area of service best suited for India and gradually offering other services for personal and intellectual development

Today onwards land records of Delhi are computerised

Computerised land records and web portal of districts of Delhi is inaugrated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi Smt. Sheila Dikshit today. This is a combined project of Delhi Government, National Informatics centre and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

NISG workshop on ICTs

The National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG)of India is organising an Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) workshop on July 8 and 9 at Hyderabad as a part of the project that aims to make information and communication technologies work for people.

Swajaldhara:Ensuring adequate water supply in India

[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The article focuses on the e-Governance efforts undertaken by the Department of Drinking Water Supply, delivering web based information to the government agencies in terms of better planning and monitoring.

Kolkata Municipal Corporation on a computerisation drive

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has turned to information technology (IT) to help minimise revenue losses, modernise payroll accounting, create a digitised map and improve operational efficiency in general.

States spend on e-Gov to touch Rs 15,000 Cr: Nasscom

As per Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) study, State governments will spend close to a staggering Rs 15,000 crore on computing their operations over the next five years. The government sector accounted for nine per cent of the total IT spend in India in 2002, which is estimated to go up to 15 per cent of the total IT spend in the next five years, the study said.