[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The eIndia 2009 conference was held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad from 25th-27th August 2009.
“CSCs should not be viewed merely in the conventional business terms. This is an investment in rural ICT infrastructure similar to road connectivity to connect the unconnected villages with the government and business services. The investment will yield high social returns in terms of various benefits to the rural masses”
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In its purest form, the objective of standards in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) area is to establish a common mechanism for two systems to interoperate through the implementation of a technical specification. The specification can cover data formats, protocols or other interfaces and practices, but the objective is essentially the same in each case. While standards can in some cases fulfill this objective, this is not an automatic, mechanical process guaranteed to succeed, and there are usually many challenges to achieving interoperability between different implementations of an ICT standard. Once these challenges are fully understood, the collaborative efforts of different implementers can often navigate these challenges and enhance interoperability.
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.
“With all records in place and a click away, the system has become transparent and it is easy to rectify any problem. Earlier, identifying a problem itself was a time consuming task.”
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Providing e-Government Services in any place does not happen in vacuum. There are certain interfaces that connect the government to its citizens for the purpose of service delivery.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State of Maharashtra adopted the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) as early as 1965 to alleviate poverty by providing gainful employment to the poorer sections of the community in the rural area.
