Pimpri-Chinchwad (India) to go Wi-Fi soon
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has launched an ambitious public-private partnership project to provide wireless connectivity for the entire twin township.
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Internet in Hindi & Regional Languages Soon
International Domain Names (IDN) have become the subject of discussion at a recent press conference organised by Afilias to spread the word on the inclusion of domain names in various other languages, other than English. Imagine writing an email in urdu, using urdu script, an urdu email id within an urdu domain and receiving a reply in hindi, with a hindi e-mail id, hindi domain, etc!
National e-Governance award for ‘Tele-Bhugtan’ service of Jabalpur (India)
The Tele-Bhugtan Service (Tele-payment service) established in Jabalpur has been nominated for the National Golden Icon Award for innovative usage of technology in e-Governance in the field of tele-payment.
Eleveth National e-Governance Conference Held
The 11th National Conference on e-Governance was held from 7 to 8th February 2008, at Panchkula, Haryana, India. The conference was jointly organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and the Department of Information Technology, Government of India and the Department of Information Technology, Haryana. The theme of the conference was Integrated Citizen Services
Intellectual Capital Needs Actual Investing : N K Sinha, Joint Secretary, Bureau of Distance Learning and Scholorships, Government of India
Standardisation of content is our challenge. It has to be in the Wiki kind of approach. Leave it on the web in a tentative format, and let all the experts do the value addition till it is stabilised. The community of intellectuals should take up the responsibility
A Leap Forward to e-Readiness – e-Governance Scenario in Haryana : V S Kundu,, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.
“To facilitate the users/citizens in the rural areas, steps are being taken to immediately start escorting services through CSCs for delivery of various services being given by district administration or line departments from the district headquarters, so that the villagers could avoid the harassment of traveling to district headquarters several times for services like getting an income certificate, caste certificate, domicile certificate and so forth”, informs V S Kundu, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., and Special Secretary, IT, Government of Haryana, to egov magazine.
Hughes signs deal with Comat to provide broadband services at 10,000 kiosks across rural India
Hughes India has signed an agreement with Comat Technologies to supply ten thousand broadband satellite terminals with its nationwide HughesNet satellite services and applications to be delivered at rural business centres across multiple states in India.
Haryana (India) onto e-Governance, launches statewide network
The Government of Haryana (India) has implemented the State Wide Area Network (SWAN) under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Union Department of Information Technology.
Delivering Unified Security Architecture : Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Country Sales Manager, Check Point, India and SAARC Region
Because a cyber attack on a public sector organisation has the potential to have a much broader impact, secu
Ushering IT Revolution in Haryana : Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon
“To promote e-Governance and improve delivery of citizen services using ICT state government has taken several initiatives, such as setting up of the State Wide Area Network and establishing Citizen Service Centers in more than 1100 villages. Besides this, government has directed all departments to prepare their IT plans with particular emphasis on automation of citizen services”, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon
