RIV project still in trouble in AP (India)
The ambitious rural e-Governance initiative of the Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, Rajiv Internet Village (RIV), project is still in trouble after the two year of its foundation.
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Jharkhand (India) wins the e-Governance state award
Jharkhand, India has been chosen for the best potential e-governance state award.
FOGSI launches satellite based education programme for Indian medical colleges
The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation for the satellite based education programme for medical students.
Jharkhand Government (India) promotes computer education programme
The Jharkhand Government, India has rolled out a computer education and computer-aided education programme to down link based education at the local level. The programme would be covered in 440 schools across the 22 district of the state.
Custom and Excise department approaches for e-Governance in India
In India, the Custom Department is approaching towards National e-Governance Action Plan (Negap) by developing a new software package for total e-Governance in the department.
Future of e-health in India is bright : Dr. Shashi Gogia, President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics, India
“The biggest advantage, which has been in favour of
e-Health in our country is that now, the Ministry of Health has started taking an active part. The Ministry of Health has taken the initiative of setting up a task force for telemedicine, which is an advisory body”, says Dr. Shashi Gogia, President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics, or IAMI, engaged in promoting application of informatics in the fields of healthcare, bioscience and medicine in India, in an interview with Sanjeev Shrivastav of eHealth
Customised incentives for foreign ICT investors in Malaysia
The government of Malaysia will consider introducing customised incentives to attract more foreign investors to Malaysia’s ICT sector.
Indian Government plans to set Data centres across all states
The Indian Government is encouraging e-Governance plans by setting up the State Data Centre across India.
Land Information System ‘Bhu Bharati’ in Andhra Pradesh (India) launched
The Integrated Land Information System titled `Bhu Bharati’ has been launched on a pilot basis in the district Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh (India).
Software for Value Added Tax to be developed by NIC in Karnataka (India)
The Department of Commercial Taxes in Karnataka (India) has asked the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to develop a software to process Value Added Tax (VAT).
