Doctor at your Fingertips

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Dr. SMS is an innovative G2C Service for providing health care through a SMS in Kozhikode, Kerala

‘Jankari’ an e-Governance Initiative of Bihar wins National Award

Bihar government’s e-Governance ‘Jankari’ project has bagged the National award for e-governance. This Jankari project envisages Call Centre facility under Right to Information Act (RTI).

Indian Domain ‘.in’ Selling like Hot Cakes

National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is working hard to make .in domain extension into a hot property across the world. The World

Payments is an Issue for TCS

‘Getting payments on time’, is the biggest problem faced by the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) when it comes to dealing with domestic business.

Jobs for Rural India, NREGA’s Plan Ahead

With National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in place, more than 2.69 lakh people have been recruited by the state governments for providing vital assistance for the implementation. INR 39,000 crores have already been spent during the last three years.

Online Registration for Foreign Nationals in Hyderabad

Now Hyderabad has online facility for the registration of the visiting foreign nationals (other than Pakistanis), who can register their arrival in Hyderabad with the Foreigners’ Registration Office (FRO) of the City Police Commissioner online.

Internet users in Rural India Exceed 3.3 Million

Rural India has 3.3 million active internet users. In the first time ever mapping of rural India these results were reached in a new report prepared by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

Smart Cards for All Gulf-based Indian Workers

Launching a new Smart Card for all five million Indian nationals working in the Gulf region, prime minister Manmohan Singh said that this initiative marks a comprehensive e-governance project on migration. Under this project, every worker will be issued a Smart Card that will contain all details of the worker, his work contract, his employer, his insurance etc.

India Ranks 41st in the Global Innovation Index

India falls 18 places in global innovation index. In last year’s Index India was ranked 23rd out of 107 countries. In the current edition, which is the second edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) India has been ranked 41 among 130 countries. The United States has been ranked first, Germany second and Sweden third in this year’s index.

Web to Talk on Cellphones Soon

'You will talk to the Web, and the Web will talk back,' predicts International Business Machine (IBM), however IBM now […]