Corporate News
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Corporate News
INDIA
Changing workspaces: India
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Certain major initiatives including telecommuting have been undertaken by several companies to attract more women to the workforce, and also ensure higher retention rates among working women
Information Technology in Banking
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Banks and financial institutions have recognised Information Technology (IT) as an enabler of sophisticated product development
Time to Payback to the Nation
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Gone are the days when IT companies in India out of compulsion had to serve only US and European markets.
Road Ahead – Health Insurance Summit
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Health insurance in India is increasingly getting refined and redefined, with a population of more than a billion people
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.
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.
