Minister for Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran has unveiled 26 projects under the National e-Governance Plan, which would cost the Government of India around INR 23,000 crore in the coming five years.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) India has identified e-Governance as a focus area for its offerings in the printing and imaging series. The company is already collaborating with the Centre and state governments for implementing e-Governance projects in India.
Tax administration at the state level in India will be provided with a common value added tax (VAT) form, procedures and tariff codes which can help uniformity and standardisation in the VAT structure. Indian Government is also working on an e-Governance framework for VAT administration.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 13, March 2007 said that India is committed to fiscal consolidation and infrastructure development.
President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has emphasised to create the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) e-Governance grid while inspecting the guard of honour on the CSIF day in Ghaziabad on March 10, 2007.
African countries can learn lessons of e-Agriculture from India. Rachid Benmessaoud, Operation Adviser of the World Bank said that India could assist African countries in adopting potential benefits from e-Agriculture.
Intel Capital is investing around $4 million into the Bangalore (India) based e-Governance focused company; Comat Technologies to promote e-Governance projects in India. This would be the Intel
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has shown its interest to implement the e-Governance programme in Orissa, after successfully implementing the e-Governance programme in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Indian Railways is talking with telecom service providers BSNL and Bharti to set up a GSM network along its main routes of railways in India. The device would be pocket sized computer with a small visual display and miniature keyboard, will transmit information through the GSM network.
