India’s GDP to contract by 10.3% in FY 2020-21, says IMF
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to contract 10.3 per cent in fiscal 2020-21, states a report by the […]
Rajiv Gauba takes over as Urban Development Secretary
Rajiv Gauba, IAS (Jharkhand cadre-1982 batch), took over as Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development today following superannuation of […]
In terms of purchasing power parity, India overtakes Japan
There is something to cheer on the economic front. India has overtaken Japan to become the world’s third-largest economy in […]
Building New Bridges!
[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The beginning of 2009 has been significant, yet full of extremes in the e-Governance and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) arena. On one side, US
MIGA supports telecommunications investment in Afghanistan
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is a member of the World Bank Group, has said that it would be supporting a new investment that will provide state-of-the-art telecommunications services in Afghanistan. The guarantee, which is of the amount US$ 76.5 million in coverage, will protect the investment against the noncommercial risks of transfer restriction, and expropriation.
Livelihood – A macro level intervention
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The term
ICT for Agriculture in Tanzania
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
If a peasant can send a 40-page trade document from Tanzania to Cuba for just 40 cents of one US$, there is no doubt that modern ICT are cost-effective and hence efficient in poverty reduction.
