e-Health and Public Sector Reforms in India
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India has achieved multifaceted socio-economic progress since Independence.
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Curtain Raiser
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The XIth National e-Governance Conference is being organised jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India and Department of Information Technology, Government of Haryana.
Indian teledensity hits 23.9%
The teledensity of India has marked 272.88 million at the end of December. In December, 2007 India has added 8.17 million telecom subscribers according to the data released by telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
PHD Chamber urges Punjab (India) to expand e-governance
The Government of Punjab is taking e-Governance initiative on a wider scale to reduce administrative cost and raise efficiency instead of streamlining the processes of recruitment, budgeting and planning.
EPF Online Project- Set to be Scraped
The Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India had started the project ‘reinventing EPF India’ seven years ago, that was to provide online access of Provident Fund accounts and services to about 4 crore citizens of the country. However after INR 2,500 million having been spent, the UPA government is all set to scrap the project and start all over again.
Indian Government brings e-Governance services to panchayat levels
Soon in India, the Gram Panchayat President or Sarpanch will be able to monitor panchayat centric schemes do financial accounting and reporting, keep records of gram sabha and panchayat meetings
redBus partners with Comat Technologies
Bangalore (India) based online bus ticket vendor, redBus has partnered with Comat Technologies to extend its services to the rural areas in the country.
Microsoft Platform Aids Food Corporation of India to Manage its Food Grain Supplies Efficiently : Food Corporation India and National Informatics Centre, (FCI, NIC), India
The first step in finding the best solution was to identify the right platform. With the aid of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), FCI identified 5 key criteria that must be fulfilled on the new platform.
Maintaining Quality And Equity By Inexpensive Technology : Douglas Bell, Education Advisor Education Development Centre (EDC) Bangalore, India
We are present in every primary school in the entire state of Karnataka with Interactive Radio Instruction. In India EDC is concentrating its efforts in the states like Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh. We are now looking to work in Bihar as well
Go for National Level Projects : Satish Kaushal, Country Manager- Government and Education, IBM India
Satish Kaushal, works very closely with Central, State and local Governments across India and the sub-continent. He has been associated with ICT adoption in the government sector for the past 10 years.
