Department of Information Technology, Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi is conducting a Training Programme in e-Procurement which will be held on every Tuesday and Friday between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
How does e-Governance contribute to the fulfilment of the mandate of DAR&PG?
Sun Microsystems launched a Centre for Excellence in e-Governance in IIT Delhi campus recently.
Himachal Pradesh for its electronic gazette (e-gazette) project and Himachal Pradesh Police Web Portal (HIMPOL) for its ‘outstanding performance in citizen centric service delivery’, has bagged the National Award for e-governance 2008-2009 .
In the third phase of the Project Arrow the Department of Post (DoP) would invest about INR 900 crore to upgrade and renovate 4,500 post offices in the next six months.
For the best e-Governance initiatives in the country, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will receive a gold medal. In all Gujarat will receive five awards for the best use of information and technology services.
With National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in place, more than 2.69 lakh people have been recruited by the state governments for providing vital assistance for the implementation. INR 39,000 crores have already been spent during the last three years.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir (J& K) has set up an exclusive e-Governance Agency called the Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), with an empowered Board of Governors, headed by the State Chief Secretary.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Oman aimed at promoting collaboration on Information communication Technology (ICT) matters; specifically focussed on the use of ICT in government and various economic clusters but not limited to only education, justice and law and trade and customs. This MoU has been signed between Information Technology Authority (ITA) and Infocommunications Development Authority (IDA), Singapore.
So far, 397 CSCs are operational and by March 31, 2009, the entire lot will be rolled out
