Information Technology Minister, India, Dayanidhi Maran unveiled 26 mission mode projects under the National e-Governance Plan, which would cost the Government around Rs 23,000 crore over the next five years to make its services more accessible to people electronically.
Two information technology (IT) training centres, called Telecentre and e-Care, will be established in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) under a Taiwanese project, aiming to assist local businesses in IT application.
The Government of Jamaica is planning to give an opportunity to physically disabled persons in the country to learn valuable computer skills, so that they can reap best results by making use of it. This is being facilitated through the government’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training for Persons with Disabilities Programme, which is currently being run by the National Youth Service (NYS).
The Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, India, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has suggested to the Tamil Nadu government to set up an Information Technology Task Force to address issues related to the IT sector.
In the first step towards e-Governance, the State government of Mizoram in India has launched its own indigenous special software called ‘Office Procedure Automation Software’, developed by the State’s ICT cell.
Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) on behalf of the Ministry of Education (MoE) signed a contract with eICT Systems, a local ICT vendor.
Really, the direction and pace of development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have led the world economies to recognise the importance of ICT in catalysing economic activities, in efficient governance and in empowerment of the society.
The secretary for Information Technology in the Tamil Nadu Government, Chandramouli, spoke to R Jai Krishna of CyberMedia News about the new plans and strategies to make the State IT friendly.
[This article was published in the June 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance is more about opportunity for administrative reforms than just electronics, IT and infrastructure. If we miss this opportunity to re-engineer government processes before computerisation, the cost will be enormous.
[This article was published in the June 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Med-e-Tel 2006 edition took place on 5-7 April at Luxexpo, Luxembourg. It was host to 400 decision makers from 48 countries and featured a world class conference programme, opening up windows to a multitude of ICT applications in the modern healthcare environment.
