Land Reform System in Karnataka
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By Jaijit Bhattacharya,
Director, Government Affairs, HP
Government Initiates AGRISNET Scheme for Farmers
AGRISNET envisages promotion of e-Governance by use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The objective of the programme is to provide IT enabled services to farmers
e-Gov Infrastructure on the Agenda for Upcoming Satellite Towns
The Minister of State for Urban Development, Saugata Roy informed the Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Urban Development is running a pilot scheme for Infrastructure Development in satellite town around mega-cities
India Post Enters Banking Vertical
As another initiative towards financial inclusion India Post has announced that it would be rolling out 150 branches of their core banking in the next two months.
Industry News: July 2011
[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Industry News: July 2011
Get Paid for Your Unique ID, Enrol and Earn Rs 100
To accelerate the enrolment process in the Aadhaar project of UIDAI, the Karnataka government will shell out Rs 100 to every poor pensioner and job-seeker under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Glodyne Technoserve Acquires Comat Technologies
Glodyne Technoserve Limited announced the acquisition of Comat Technologies, another solution provider of e-Governance services in India.
State Data Centre Launched in Bengaluru
A Rs 57-crore data centre designed to meet requirements of Karnataka government for the next decade was set up recently. The centre will offer latest technologies including virtualisation and provide the servers on demand to various department of the government to facilitate e-Initiatives
96,500 CSCs Functional under NeGP
India has rolled out over 94,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs), of the proposed one lakh, in 31 states and Union Territories to take Information Communication Technology (ICT) to the remotest part of the country
Pumping state capacity is key to enabling e-Government : Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary to Government, Department of IT & Communications, Government of Rajasthan, India
Despite all implementation challenges like business continuity, lack of administration capacity and indifference of line departments, the Department of Information Technology (DOIT) is doing a 9 to 9 job to push the e-Governance agenda in the state.
