GoI to start e-Auction of spices in July
The Government of India (GoI) is planning to start electronic auction of spices by July 2007 in the country as part of the its efforts to make it a global hub for processing and marketing of spices.
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MP becomes IT hub in India
Madhya Pradesh (MP) is becoming India’s IT hub for a variety of reasons, mainly supportive infrastructure development and investment-friendly policy initiatives.
Unesco-IPDC approves $ 60,000 fund to establish community radio in India
Unesco’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (Unesco-IPDC) has approved $ 60,000 for the establishment of the first 10 community radio in India. Unesco is funding in collaboration with organizations like Alternative India Development (AID).
World Bank report: African countries can learn e-Agriculture from India
African countries can learn lessons of e-Agriculture from India. Rachid Benmessaoud, Operation Adviser of the World Bank said that India could assist African countries in adopting potential benefits from e-Agriculture.
Goa (India) gets laurels for its e-Governance programmes
In India, Goa has been considered as the best state of the country for its e-Governance initiatives at the summit organised in New Delhi by the Cyber Media India Ltd along with the Union Ministry of information technology.
e-Governance programmes is in progress in India
India is progressing in e-Governance programmes. Recently, Bhoomi Kiosks has launched land record system, which will allow 7 million clients of Karnataka, India to access land records, their rights, tenancy or cultivation. Previously, land record system was manual and paper based system.
Madhya Pradesh (India) receives best e-Governance award
Madhya Pradesh (India) has won the best e-Governance award for setting up a cyber treasury that allows taxpayers to deposit payment from any place in the state. The state has won the best e-Governance award at the 10th national conference on
Hindi becomes medium of e-Communication in States of India
Hindi will become a medium of e-Communication in the Madhya Pradesh (India) state. It will bridge the digital divide and reach the benefits of e-Governance to common man in rural areas of the state.
ICTs in the heart of rural India
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Of those who sit and watch and those who go and do, Sushila from Tarichar village in Bundelkhand definitely belongs to the latter group.
