Public Financial Management

The need for having a financial management group capable of scrutinizing various social schemes at their formation stage was emphasized upon…

Manipal University Campus WLAN enabled

Manipal University Campus will use WLAN Switch which will integrates Wi-Fi, Mesh Wireless, RFID and other RF technologies into one of India

India: HCL provides technology to make Delhi Police Hi-Tech

Soon Delhi Police will start automating its information. HCL Infosystems has provided technology to Delhi police force to access automated information helping the police to reach crime scene immediately. Recently, Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil inaugurated the new Central Police Control Room at PHQ, Delhi.

Software Product Certification For e-Governance Initiative

First of its kind in India, the Union ministry of communications and IT has decided to set up a certification facility for software security products,in Kolkata, according to BJ Srinath, senior director of the ministry’s Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In). It would be an important initiative for state governments and various government institutions as it will create security zones for the various e-governance applications, thereby curbing cyber crimes in e-governance.

Passport Seva Project

At New Delhi,India,on October 13th 2008,Tata Consultancy Services announced that it has a signed a deal with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, for the Passport Automation Project – the largest mission-critical E-governance project valued at over Rs.10,000 million.

Idhasoft Aquisitions

Idhasoft successfully completes its 26th acquisition by acquiring 100% equity in Atlanta based $12 million Company called Enterpulse Inc.

e-Panchayat in Limbo

The tall project towards connecting all the panchayats across the country is in limbo, with the Panchayati Raj Ministry complaining that the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry are not too keen on allocating funds for it.

Transforming e-Governance for e-Society : N R Ganti, SQL Star, India

SQL Star is set to transform e-Governance for e-Society through guaranteeing quality services and improving access to those services

WiMAX : Answer for Last Mile Solution : C S Rao, WiMAX Forum India, India

It is advisable that the government speeds up the auction process for the spectrum and completes the process

Executive Movement

[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Raju Sharma, has been posted as Mission Director (Joint Director rank), in the Department of Science and Technology, Tech Info Forecasting