South Korea ranks first in using ICTs
According to United Nations rankings, South Korea tops the list by beating the rest of the world for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
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India: HRD ministry rejects OLPC idea of MIT Media Lab
The Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry of India has strongly disapproved the idea of ‘one-laptop-per-child’ (OLPC) being aggressively marketed by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT Media Laboratory. HRD contends that spending Rs 450 crore on digital empowerment can be better spent on primary and secondary education.
Ministry of Lands and Settlements of Kenya to be computerised
The Ministry of Lands and Settlements of Kenya is computerising its departments in a bid to improve efficiency and service delivery.
e-Programme initiatives to promote more desktops in India
The e-Governance initiative to bring connectivity through out the country may result in the increase of desktop buyers in the next two years in India.
Augmenting PURA initiative through cost-effective implementation
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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National Summit on e-Forms
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Education is all about giving children the opportunity to experience a variety of things and definitely, the world of technology and all its associated paraphernalia is an important experience that every child must undergo.
India’s e-Governance program
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Even though a National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) is in place in India, it appears to be high on intent and low on execution details. There is little coherence and synergy between the efforts of the central ministries and the various state governments. As such, to implement
e-Governance in India the current approach needs to undergo a thorough and holistic review
IIIT-A to be India
Allahabad’s Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-A) can boast of being the second rare institution, after the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, as it is selected to house India
ICT to strengthen India
The Technology Sabha 06, organised by the Indian Express Group at Goa, brought into focus the various e-Governance initiatives undertaken by the central and state governments and the industry
