National News: April 2009
[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
BSNL Towers in Semi-Urban Areas to be Leased Out
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Building New Bridges!
[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The beginning of 2009 has been significant, yet full of extremes in the e-Governance and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) arena. On one side, US
PAN-Africa e-Health to Revolutionise Medical Care
PAN- African e-health programme at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, will now make telemedicine in Africa not only broaden the scope of health services in the continent, but also give specialised care at the doorstep of the common man.
Smart Cards for All Gulf-based Indian Workers
Launching a new Smart Card for all five million Indian nationals working in the Gulf region, prime minister Manmohan Singh said that this initiative marks a comprehensive e-governance project on migration. Under this project, every worker will be issued a Smart Card that will contain all details of the worker, his work contract, his employer, his insurance etc.
NeGP: An Introspection : R. Chandrashekhar, Ministry of Communication and IT, India
Amongst the states implementing e-Governance there will be some who will be leaders, others who will be trying quiet hard, and yet others who might not be able to do as good as others”
Providing Technology Solutions to the Government : Karan Bajwa, Microsoft, India
What technology drives an application is irrelevant to the average user
NeGP: An Introspection : R. Chandrashekhar, Special Secretary,
Amongst the states implementing e-Governance there will be some who will be leaders, others who will be trying quiet hard, and yet others who might not be able to do as good as others
e-Governed Clinical Trials by 2013
In another new initiative within the e- governance framework, Indian government plans to introduce e-governance for clinical trials by 2013. Once executed this move would enable companies from any part of the world to file online applications to seek approval for clinical trials from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)…
