egov Awards 2010:egov Innovation

[This article was published in the August 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

egov Awards 2010:egov Innovation

e-Governance in Coral Islands : JK Dadoo, Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep

The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is a group of 36 Coral islands of which 11 are inhabited. Islands are scattered randomly in Arabian sea about 220 kms to 420 kms away

e-Revolution with Common Service Centres : Dr K T Arasu, Director, Alternative for India Development (AID), Chennai

“CSCs should not be viewed merely in the conventional business terms. This is an investment in rural ICT infrastructure similar to road connectivity to connect the unconnected villages with the government and business services. The investment will yield high social returns in terms of various benefits to the rural masses”

Farmers gets access to computers, Internet in Haryana

In yet another move towards e-Governance initiatives, the IT Department of Haryana Government, India, has decided to install computers with Internet facilities in all the 108 ‘mandis’ and 25 sub-centres of the agricultural marketing board of the state.

World News

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

World News

NigComSat to Provide Internet Facilities in 400 Communities

NIGCOMSAT Limited, the company incharge of Nigeria’s communication satellite announced that the company will provide Internet facilities over 400 Community Tele-Centres (CTC) nationwide. The project is meant to provide affordable access Internet, multimedia and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) in remote and unserved urban areas.

Virtual Consultation a click away!

[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

E-mail has transformed general communication worldwide, revolutionising banking and retail. A successful trial of e-mail communication between a surgeon and patients in Sydney, Australia highlights its potential to improve the doctor-patient relationship as a result of better communication.

On Way to e-Governed Haryana

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The state of Haryana is located in the northern part of India.

e-COMMUNITY Project

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The thrust of the Philippine government, as documented in the National Information Technology Plan for the 21st Century (IT21), is to bring the local communities online through the internet.

Implementing National e-Governance Plan in Haryana

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The aim of this paper is three fold: (a) to highlight the power and promises of ICTs by taking a specific village close to Chennai, India