In e-Governance readiness, India has fallen from a rank of 87 in 2005 to 113 in 2008 on e-Government readiness. According to the UN e-Government Survey 2008, India has slipped 26 places in the last three years and been overtaken by countries like Maldives (ranked 95), Sri Lanka (101) and even Iran (108).
Dubai eGovernment is aiming to extend its e-Governance services with the launch of new initiative, the e-Permits system in partnership with Dubai Municipality, Dubai Customs and Dubai Police.
The Government of Russia is planning to create a system of electronic government in next two years.
Oman is now holding 84th position in the e-Government readiness index. According to United Nations
The Malta Government has launched the myGov.mt portal to include better accessibility of e-Government services.
The Hungarian Government has just formed the first Hungarian eGovernment Cluster on the initiative of Albacomp Zrt, with providers of various eGovernment activities co-operating together.
The World Bank announced that the bank will support the design and implementation of e-Governance in Sri-Lanka. The bank will continue to provide assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka through the e-Sri Lanka Development Project.
The Protocol and Guest House Department in Dubai has launched a public portal, http://protocol.dubai.ae , for the foreign and diplomatic affairs of the state.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain, has become the first ministry to offer e-Procurement services with more efficiency and reliability.
The e-Government foundation of India has developed an open source software to improve the management of municipal services.
