[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Very few people will admit to not dealing with corruption in their lifetime. Some would admit to bribing transport officials to get a driving license, while others may proudly state how they managed to wriggle off hefty fine for not wearing a seat belt by just paying a
Kolkata’s project on e-auction of tea has failed to take-off due technical glitches, lack of space and difficulty in allowing proxy bidders. The e-auction of tea in Kolkata which was to start from January 27, 2009, was carried out but only manually on January 27 and 28, 2009.
Lucknow formally launched internet protocol television (IPTV) recently. With this service in place, a person can talk on the landline phone, surf internet and watch television at the same time using the same connection. The technology IPTV is the one where channels are encoded in the Internet protocol (IP) format and delivered to TV using a smart electronic device. The technology is different from the 3-G technology which is wireless…
As was informed by the Ministry of State for Railways, Dr. R. Velu yesterday, under the BOOT (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer) model, Railway Board has approved the implementation of Integrated Security System at important railway stations…
Soon residents of Kolkata will receive birth and death certificates from their respective borough offices.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Eyeway dream
Prachi and Pragya are twin girls who have been blind from almost birth. Information that the parents Manjula and Jayant Mahajan received when the girls were still crawling helped them chart out a life for their girls in the mainstream. The girls today are studying in Springdales School, New Delhi.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Burdwan of West Bengal has become the first district in India where all the panchayats have been offered a broadband connectivity for communicating with its district and state headquarters.
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The open source software movement has received much well deserved attention within the Indian development community, but the time may be right for the academic community to adopt the precepts of open source to provide innovative instructional materials to the country
