60, 000 CSCs to be Established in Rural India: DoT
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India announced the establishment of 60,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural India by the end of the financial year.
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Government of India Launches e-Passport
The Government of India plans to issue e-passports to diplomats from next month and to the citizens from the September 2010 onwards.
Ministry of Tourism Website Wins the Best Design Award
PC World Web Award 2008 in the tourism category for best design went to the Ministry of Tourism, India website.
India: Orissa Government to Roll Out 8558 Common Service Centres
The Government of Orissa (India) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three private operators to roll out 8558 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in the state. Those centres will be developed on build-own-operate (BOO) model for first five years.
Kerela Government’s Campaign for Total e-Literacy!
In a multilingual country like India, where rural population constitutes a majority segment, the growth of IT usage gets restricted due to lack of language computing or the knowledge of it. Hence in order to overcome this hurdle, the Government of Kerela, announced Malayalam computing initiative, whereby it tries to bridge the technology-language divide and helps in its smooth operating by the people.
Upgradation of CSCs for Agri-Business
The National Spot Exchange (NSEL) of India in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has been appointed to upgrade the working of the existing network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) which are a part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India. Both the organisations will work towards the development of synergies between the NSEL and CSC projects which will provide e-trading platform to the farmers.
BJP Plans Tech-Savvy Lok Sabha Elections in 2009
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
Coal India Initiates e-Procurement
Coal India Limited (CIL) has planned to procure about one-third of its equipment, consumables, spare parts and other stores, electronically in order to cut delays and enable efficiency.
Bringing Knowledge Based Decision Making in to Industry : Kalyanaraman Srinivasan, founder-GlobalScholar.com
Kalyanaraman Srinivasan, popularly known as Kal Raman, is the Indian born CEO and founder of GlobalScholar.com. He hopes to establish the on-line education platform for teachers, parents, and students in India.
Efficient Energy Solutions for a Better Tomorrow : Deepak Sharma, Country Business Manager-UPS-India & SAARC, Delta Energy Systems, India
“Today, both government and private sector is investing extensively in infrastructure upgradation and new technology implementation.
