Malaysia to issue e-Visa for tourists from India
Looking at the increased tourist arrivals in Malaysia from India, Malaysia is working out modalities to issue electronic visa (e-visa).
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Ramco systems expands to Middle-east
Software solutions provider Ramco Systems is enhancing its presence in the Gulf and Middle East, entering at least three new markets
Cyber Law in India
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Rapid diffusion nature of the digital technology enables related crimes to escape the grip of cyber laws. Hence there is an urgent need to develop more technology-effective cyber laws much ahead of the rapid technological changes.
Siemens to digitise vital events records for UK
About 250 million birth, death and marriage records held by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), UK, are to be data captured out of the southern Indian city Chennai. The city centre of Siemens Business Services (SBS) would help its parent to scan, digitise and index the records from the year 1837 to the present day.
ICT diffusion for socio-economic transformation
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The realisation of the potential impact that ICTs can make on human development enabled the widespread diffusion of technology through a vertical and multilevel process giving access to the technology to disadvantaged communities and individuals.
Uttar Pradesh: Riding high on Lokvani success : Zohra Chatterji, IT Secretary, Government of Utter Pradesh
Going by the general notion Uttar Pradesh (UP) is not a state in India to look for IT advancements. But this myth has been broken now. After the success of its unique model for citizen grievance redressal system,
e-Governance implementation in Government of Pondicherry (GoP) – a holistic approach
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Owing to the fast progress of the state of West Bengal in recent years in IT and e-Governance services, it is now being counted as one among the leading states in e-Governance along with Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
Seven Strategic Areas for ICT and Environment
[This article was published in the August 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT development will not contribute to the acceleration of the current negative trends, but will instead contribute towards sustainable development. A limited number of areas need to be prioritised to start with.
