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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.

Better Mobile Telephony Tools in Punjab by BSNL

In a bid to transform mobile telephony in Punjab, Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot has launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam’s (BSNL) value-added services (VAS) in the state. The new VAS launched includes ‘dial-a-video’, ‘live share services’ and ‘video SMS’ services.

India in Need of a Dedicated Cyber Security Policy

Cyber security and information security are growing demands across all the sectors in the government as well as private firms. With the advent of information technology comes a threat of it being misused.

Whither CSCs in West Bengal

[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Building a state wide information infrastructure by setting up 6,000 CSCs covering all villages is a commendable plan, but the digital inclusion strategy in the CSC scheme can be effective only when the center owners, service center agency and local government representatives work together for common public goods

Health of e-Gov in Rajasthan

[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Save departments akin Commercial Tax and Excise, it

Documentation for Increasing Stakeholder Competency

[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Playing role of knowledge repository in the e-Gov domain, the new section on e-Governance updates in e-Gov magazine would provide the much needed information to all the key stakeholders

Smart City 2011 Event

[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Smart City 2011 Event

e-Payment Facility in Kerala University

Students of Kerala University no longer need to stand in long queues to pay their examination fees. They can now do so from the comfort of their homes. The e-Payment facility for paying the examination fees of the University was launched on Tuesday by Dr. A Jayakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, Kerala University at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram.

Mohali

Mohali will soon get a State Data Centre (SDC), one of the key Information Technology infrastructure elements being created in Punjab. It will provide a safe data storage facility. Punjab Information Technology Minister, Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon laid the foundation stone of the INR 12 crore project at Industrial Focal Point, Phase VIII-B, in Mohali.

High-tech Forest Management in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir has prepared the blueprint for taking up Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives for saving the dwindling forest wealth of the state. The project has been prepared in line with