e-Panchayati Raj in Orissa
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
India
Pace of computerisation in tehsil offices causes worry
Although the computerisation is aimed at making the system work at a faster pace, the very process is a slow process in the state of Orissa, India.
Seminar Report on ICT in Agriculture and Health, 12 January, 2006, Hyderabad, India
[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The two areas-Agriculture and Health being so close to the hearts of many, a high level of interest and participation by the delegates was observed during the National e-Governance Seminar
Farmers getting a fair price: Thanks to IT!
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It is an established fact that if agricultural marketing has to succeed, it must have a sound and effective marketing information system. The actual need is to provide farmers with live market information for informed decision-making.
ICTD Project Newsletter
[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Legal marginalisation is prevalent in varied extent in the developed, developing and underdeveloped world. Democracy in itself is not a comprehensive guarantee to attain justice.
The torchbearers of change
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Citizens have high hopes from state IT secretaries of India and the job is not less challenging. IT secretaries from 10 states speak their mind at Conflux 2005.
LOKVANI: An (e)ffort to (e)mpower citizens
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Lokvani is an innovative model of Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) implemented in district Sitapur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a self sustainable solution, wherein the existing cyber cafes are being leveraged to act as franchisees, benefiting the citizens, the administration and the kiosks operators.
Community Information Centres (CICs)
[This article was published in the August 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Under the Community Information Centres (CICs) project, 487 CICs have been set up, at the Block level in the 8 North Eastern states of India covering Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
DACNET
[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In agricultural development, there is no time for complacency, we have to continue to develop better technologies, new crop varieties and animal products to meet the challenges ahead. We have to use all information on the available farm technologies to the farmers fields. The job is formidable.
