Industry News: May 2011
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Industry News: May 2011
INDIA
The line of debate
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security
The Catalytic Effects of e-Governance
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Service delivery in our country is fragmented due to multiple entities. e-Governance initiatives in different departments are carried out independent of each other, which dilutes the impact. One-window citizen services can be a reality
Capacity Building at Grassroots
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
APARD has initiated an e-learning model to hold the instructors, field officers and interested members of the public together in a learning community
Measuring Life the Digital Way
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The former complex technology is fast becoming the most used for identity management; the main reason for this new trend is its promised accuracy
Iraqi Team in Bangalore to Observe e-Gov Projects
A 20-member delegation from Iraq, led by its Science and Technology Minister Abdul Kareem El-Samarai, is in this tech hub for a firsthand account of the e-Governance projects used for community development and as an interface between the government and citizens.
India
The framework looks largely at ways in which the mobile can be used to provide government services. The draft has been tabled and available forcomments from anyone till the 15th of April, 2011.
Social Media Played a Big Role in Hazare
The social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter were brimming with constant updates when India won the ICC World Cup on 2nd April 2011. And soon after all the sites were flooded with likes, communities, pages and status updates for a new cause- Anna Hazare
Ajai Chowdhry, HCL Awarded Padma Bhushan
Ajai Chowdhry, Founder, HCL & Chairman, HCL Infosystems, was awarded the Padma Bhushan, by the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
