National News: March 2009

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore

Administrative Reforms: Core Objective : Rajni Razdan, Secretary, (AR & PG)

How does e-Governance contribute to the fulfilment of the mandate of DAR&PG?

‘Jankari’ an e-Governance Initiative of Bihar wins National Award

Bihar government’s e-Governance ‘Jankari’ project has bagged the National award for e-governance. This Jankari project envisages Call Centre facility under Right to Information Act (RTI).

Our Focus – Capacity Building : Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, Government of Orissa

We have planned to float the RFP for the State Data Centre by the first week of January 2009 and completing all the tendering process by March 31, 2009

DOP Invites Expression of Interests for IT Projects

The Department of Posts, Government of India has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) from interested bidders for appointing Project Consultant for its Information Technology (IT) projects.

Our Focus – Capacity Building : Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, Department of Information Technology, Government of Orissa

We have planned to float the RFP for the State Data Centre by the first week of January 2009 and […]

INR 300 crore Towards Increasing Data Center Capabilities

Data center capabilities are posed to rise in India, with Sify Technologies all ready to invest INR 300 Crore in the next eighteen months. Sify Technologies is also looking towards setting up data centers worldwide, starting from the Asian countries…

MTNL, Motorola Bring 3G to India

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), India’s leading telecom service provider, yesterday announced the launch of India’s first 3G services at India Telecom 2008. The country’s first video call was enabled by Motorola’s 3G network and Motorola’s MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition mobile phone…

India

The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh will launch the country’s first 3G services on the occasion of inaugurating the India Telecom 2008 today in New Delhi. The service will enable transfer of high speed data, video streaming etc. on mobile phones. The public sector MTNL is rolling out the 3G service…

Sustainable Development Index for India

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Indian companies currently perform most strongly for long-term economic growth and most poorly in their management of water resources.