[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
3000 multi-purpose community technology centres called Akshya e-Kendras across Kerala are run by private entrepreneurs provide e-Learning, e-Transaction, e-Governance solutions to the public.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Government of India is considering to form a new energy efficiency company, to be named as Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL).
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Power sector reforms were first initiated in India in 1992 by the Ministry of Power (MoP) to invite private investments in power generation to bridge the demand-supply gap.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India expects to collect INR 350 billion from the auction of third-generation (3G) radio spectrum, scheduled to happen by December this year. The auction would allow telecoms firms to offer services such as high-speed Internet and video downloads on mobile phones. The government had initially aimed to get INR 200 billion.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Nandan Nilekani has been given the charge of the one of most important eGovernance projects -UID.
“The e-Governance policy should be a sequel to the policy on governance reform. We should bring governance reforms in focus first and then move on to executing e-Governance to achieve those objectives.”
“CSCs should not be viewed merely in the conventional business terms. This is an investment in rural ICT infrastructure similar to road connectivity to connect the unconnected villages with the government and business services. The investment will yield high social returns in terms of various benefits to the rural masses”
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
As the August issue of egov reaches you we will be only a few weeks away from the 5th edition of India’s Largest and most respected ICT event – eIndia. We at egov are very proud to present this landmark event again to you, in 5th consecutive year.
Continuing its robust growth, the Indian telecom industry saw its gross revenues growing 2.6% to more than INR 40,000 crore in the quarter ending March 31.
Chennai would soon be the first city in India to get a mass passenger information system, with the state transport buses being fitted with GPS to enable passengers track buses on their mobile phones, bus stops and on the Internet.
