[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The XIth National e-Governance Conference is being organised jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India and Department of Information Technology, Government of Haryana.
The Rajasthan (India) Government is planning to make Jaipur as a Wi-Fi city by providing wireless Internet access throughout the city.
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
According to the 2006 Census, there are 65 lakh houseless popluation in Andhra Pradesh
The Orissa (India) State Government has decided to take e-Governance to the panchayat lavel. Under this programme, every gram panchayat would be computerised to keep accounts of the projects implemented under the panchayat accounting monitoring system and asset monitoring.
The Indian Railway Ministry is planning to set up Cyber Cafes with wireless connectivity at 17 selected railway stations across the country.
Two reputed IT firms of India, Hughes Communications Ltd, one of the leading providers of broadband satellite networks and services and Microsoft have rolled out a campaign in Jaipur, India to encourage rural citizens about the use of ICT for socio-economic empowerment.
Reliance, Wipro and ITC have shown their keen interest to open common service centres or IT kiosks for educated unemployed in the rural areas of Jaipur, India.
In India, IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd has inked an agreement with the Bank of Rajasthan to offer advanced e-Trading services.
The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organisation for the satellite based education programme for medical students.
