Current Status on State Wide Area Network
The Centre has released 478 crore rupees for providing connectivity to all Blocks/Tahsils/ District and State Headquarters under the “State Wide Area Network” (SWAN) scheme…
KERALA
NREGS Now has Electronic Grievance Redressal
In order to ensure transparency, the Orissa government plans to introduce the electronic grievance redressal system (EGRS) in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), for the NREGS job seekers in the state.
India: Six departments in Kerala Secretariat to go paperless
The State Government of Kerala has taken a policy decision to implement paperless office system in six departments in the Secretariat. Under the policy, six departments are finance, information technology, public works, food and civil supplies, higher education and non-resident Keralites.
Kerala to make e-filing of tax returns compulsory
The Government of Kerala (Indian state) has announced that online sales tax filing will be made mandatory from the next fiscal year.
2 Data Centres to be launched: NIC
National Informatics Centre, Government of India, which is the nodal agency for providing backbone support for all e-Governance initiative in the country, is said to come up with two Data Centres of tier 2 and 3 claas standards in two Indian cities – Pune and Hyderabad.
North India ahead of South in e-Network access
According to an assessment on ‘e-Governance initiatives’ undertaken by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), cities like Delhi, Chandigarh and Goa are rated best in terms of e-Network access but in terms of e-Network policies, Southern part of India is taking lead.
ICT Making Great Penetration in Kerala
Availing services at the click of the mouse is no longer a service reserved for citizens of metropolitans instead, people from the villages of Kerala are also doing just that.
e-Governance not Beneficial for the Poor in India: Survey
India Corruption Study- 2007 by Transparency International India and the Centre for Media Studies has proved that computerisation of front-end government services, e-Governance, citizen charters and social audits have controlled corruption involving upper and middle classes but have not helped the poor.
Computer Curriculum in Elementary Schools
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Computer education provides a unique opportunity for boosting natural ways of learning. Integration of ICT into the school curriculum
Kerela Government’s Campaign for Total e-Literacy!
In a multilingual country like India, where rural population constitutes a majority segment, the growth of IT usage gets restricted due to lack of language computing or the knowledge of it. Hence in order to overcome this hurdle, the Government of Kerela, announced Malayalam computing initiative, whereby it tries to bridge the technology-language divide and helps in its smooth operating by the people.
