In India, Karnataka IAS officer Rajeev Chawla officer have been awarded for the Prime Minister’s prize for excellence in public administration for playing their major role in making Bhoomi.
Soon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will connect India through satellites to provide education, health and other social services to people, especially who are living in rural areas.
[This article was published in the April 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Editorial
Hewlett-Packard (HP) India has identified e-Governance as a focus area for its offerings in the printing and imaging series. The company is already collaborating with the Centre and state governments for implementing e-Governance projects in India.
Intel Capital is investing around $4 million into the Bangalore (India) based e-Governance focused company; Comat Technologies to promote e-Governance projects in India. This would be the Intel
Indian Government is planning to set around 5000 community radio stations in next two years. Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has organised a national seminar on community radio in collaboration with the United Nations at Indian Institute of Mass Communication in New Delhi, India.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Climate Change News
The Bank of India will launch its e-Grama centres in seven districts of Karnataka (India) by financing about 1,500 centres through reputed NGOs.
