Compendium Best Papers
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
11th National Conference on e-Governance
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EPF Online Project- Set to be Scraped
The Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India had started the project ‘reinventing EPF India’ seven years ago, that was to provide online access of Provident Fund accounts and services to about 4 crore citizens of the country. However after INR 2,500 million having been spent, the UPA government is all set to scrap the project and start all over again.
e-Governance brings down sand prices in Kerala district
The administration of Kerala’s Thrissur district has successfully implemented a centralized reservation system to bring down the price of sand, which had been controlled by mafia of sand miners and lorry owners.
Microsoft Platform Aids Food Corporation of India to Manage its Food Grain Supplies Efficiently : Food Corporation India and National Informatics Centre, (FCI, NIC), India
The first step in finding the best solution was to identify the right platform. With the aid of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), FCI identified 5 key criteria that must be fulfilled on the new platform.
We Have Open Doors for Private Players : Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Principal Secretary to Government of Meghalaya, Information Technology and Health and Family Welfare Departments
Anoop Kumar Srivastava is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1981 batch of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He has served in various capacities in the Government of Meghalaya. He has twice served Government of India on central deputation
Focusing on Institutionalising e-Governance : Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President & Head, Global Government Industry Group, Tata Consultancy Services
Tanmoy is responsible for Sales and Business Development for the Government industry worldwide for TCS, which is the largest Asian IT service provider. He talks of his global experience in the sector and the gaps India needs to plug in Fast.
Readers’ corner
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Readers
ICT for Implementation of Rural Employment Scheme
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
GRAMSAT VSAT network played a vital role in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The availability of Internet connectivity at the block level through GRAMSAT provided the facility for online data entry and report generation. Today each job seeker is tracked on web and details of each project are verifiable by anyone.
Six winners awarded at Microsoft Government leadership summit
Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. announced the winners of its second
