Mumbai to a Global City
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It is not easy to create and govern a First World global city in a Third World environment. Nor is it impossible.
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MCGM , India launches citizen portal
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) (India) has launched its Citizen Portal dedicated to the citizens of Mumbai.
Soon Indians will utility bill via online
Soon, Indians can pay their water, electricity and other utility bills online. The Urban Development Ministry has launched e-Governance project for municipalities, which has got approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
NIC enables Indians to complain file through online
Now complain filing is just a pone click away from your hand. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India is executing the project, called Computerisation & Computer Networking of Consumer Fora (Confonet), on a turnkey basis.
Kerala (India) Passport Office upgrades online passport application system
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India) Passport Office has introduced an upgraded system for online registration of passport applications.
Online registration for import of livestock and livestock products in India
The Online registration for issue of Sanitary Import Permit has begun to import livestock/livestock products to India.
ccTLD in Afghanistan
[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ccTLD supportive software CoCCA enables the best practice environment and views policy development, core technical functions and commercialisation as discrete administrative functions to incorporate Afghanistan into developing domain
e-Government in Maharashtra
[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State of Maharashtra adopted the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) as early as 1965 to alleviate poverty by providing gainful employment to the poorer sections of the community in the rural area.
STPI goes online with Oracle applications
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has implemented Oracle applications to offer services such as online registration of software exporters and online procurement.
