National News: March 2009

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Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore

Public Safety & Security

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As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP

WorldSpace India’s Audio Retail Plans Facing Trouble from DIT

WorldSpace India seeks to launch paid webcasting services for international listeners through its website www.worldspace.in. Through this venture, the satellite radio company hopes to earn revenue in foreign exchange. But the existing FDI policy in the information technology sector might foil its plans.

In Orissa NREGS Pays Through Smart Card

Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) around 2,000 workers in Orissa have been collecting their wages from their local post offices using smart cards in the past two months.

12th National Conference on e-Governance

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in association with the Department of Information Technology and the Government of Goa are organizing a two-day National Conference on e-Governance on 12 & 13 February 2009 in Goa.

e-Tenders Adopted Reluctantly by Govt Departments

Delhi government’s decision to put all tenders online is facing a major deadlock, as departments are not willing to put the tenders online. The Public Works Department (PWD), and the Irrigation and the Flood Department have been been floating all their tenders on the e-procurement website, as has been pointed out by the Information Technology (IT) Department.

Administrative Reforms:Core Objective : Rajni Razdan, Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

There are several projects across the country that are being supported under

Sun Microsystems Launched Centre for Excellence in e-Governance in IIT Delhi

Sun Microsystems launched a Centre for Excellence in e-Governance in IIT Delhi campus recently.

E-governence news

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e -government news

Doctor at your Fingertips

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Dr. SMS is an innovative G2C Service for providing health care through a SMS in Kozhikode, Kerala