“Last Mile connectivity is an important part of e-Governance initiatives. We need to have a cost effective but reliable connectivity for last mile solution in order to bring Government and other services at the door step of the rural citizens” says Nivedan Sahani, Vice-President-Government and PSU Enterprises, Bharti Airtel Limited to egov magazine
“Financial Inclusion is in its infancy and requires careful adoption of technology. The customer
Times when farmers would carry mobiles and get informations about the prices of their produce on mobiles is not far off. A pilot project is on towards realising this dream since 2007 end and the response has been impressive.
“There are six lakh villages in India and a vast number of them were uncovered with telecom services. USO Fund provides support for setting up rural telephony in these uncovered villages”, says Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India to egov magazine
India is silently suffering from cyber warfare. China has mounted daily attacks on Indian computer networks both government and private. These attacks are not like hacking or phishing; they are more sophisticated and there is a complete method behind cyber war fare.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In spite of our significant efforts and achievements in the post-independent era in India even now one-third of the adult population is illiterate, only 12% of the school eligible age children complete 10th standard, and only 10% of the university eligible age group gets enrolled in our 18600 colleges and 360 Universities. Can conventional methods cope up this scale of educational challenges?
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indira Gandhi National Open University in its 22 years of existence has emerged as the single largest University in the democratic world.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Indira Gandhi National Open University is the largest university in the world today with more than 1.8 millions of students enrolled.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Former US Vice President Al Gore, in 2006, authored best seller
