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
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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 News: July 2011
[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India News: July 2011
Bringing Accountability for e-Governance
[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Once the new legislation on e-Services for public is passed, all government departments will have to issue a framework within six months on services to be digitised and formats to be adopted, along with a cut-off date for completing the exercise
Thane Launches Portal for Clearing Building Proposals
The Town Planning Department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has gone online with a dedicated portal launched to clear building proposals.
Shifting to Information Economy
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Just technology deployment won
CM Launches New Smart Card Scheme in Maharashtra
Maharashtra CM, Prithviraj Chavan, recently launched a new initiative in Bhiwandi village of a state. The initiative is on the lines of financial inclusion using biometrics where he issued smart cards to beneficiaries of the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojyna, a state-sponsored financial aid scheme for destitutes.
Industry News: May 2011
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Industry News: May 2011
At the cusp of e-Transition
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Maharashtra is now counted among the leaders in e-Governance readiness in India and is poised to be the only state with single front-end delivery of 100 G2C services by next year
In three years, all state departments will be integrated online : Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna, Director – Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, India
Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna
Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra
