Helping e-Government Step Into Web 2.0
[This article was published in the January 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Moving ahead with confidence
[This article was published in the January 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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e-Districts going Strong : S. Abbasi, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India
e-Districts are right now in a pilot phase. Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) has more or less completed it, the other schemes will be sanctioned only in March 2009, and then there will be a eighteen month time frame for the pilot phase of the rest of the chosen states which are around twelve in number
Haryana in the Best league for e-Governance
In an e-Governance Survey for the year 2008-2009, Haryana has moved up to the 4th position from the 18th position in 2007-08. It has been ranked ahead of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra…
INR 2,000 Crores Earmarked For Computerization of all Police Stations
The Government has proposal to provide computer facility with internet to all the Police Stations in the country, including Delhi. All the Police Stations would be extended such facility before March, 2010. Planning Commission has provided an outlay of INR 2,000 crores for utilization in 11th Five Year Plan…
INR 300 crore Towards Increasing Data Center Capabilities
Data center capabilities are posed to rise in India, with Sify Technologies all ready to invest INR 300 Crore in the next eighteen months. Sify Technologies is also looking towards setting up data centers worldwide, starting from the Asian countries…
Google.org to Reward top five Gram Panchayats in India
Google.org has announced a contest, called Google.org Gram Panchayat Puraskar (GGPP) which will reward the top five Gram Panchayats in the two Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The reward entails a cash prize worth – INR 5 lakh each (approximately $10,000 USD). This reward aims at recognising the best innovations in local governance through Gram Panchayats in the two South Indian states.
Indian Railways the Most Popular Govt. Website on Google
Google announced its India Zeitgeist, a look at 2008 through the collective eyes of the Indian users on the web…
Next Generation 4G WiMAX Wireless Technology On Its Way
At India Telecom 2008, Sriram Viswanathan, Intel vice president and general manager of the WiMAX Program Office, announced that Intel Corporation is working with Indian service providers and device manufacturers to help bring WiMAX-ready notebooks and netbooks to the India market segment mid-2009…
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh will launch the country’s first 3G services on the occasion of inaugurating the India Telecom 2008 today in New Delhi. The service will enable transfer of high speed data, video streaming etc. on mobile phones. The public sector MTNL is rolling out the 3G service…
