e-Health and Public Sector Reforms in India

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

India has achieved multifaceted socio-economic progress since Independence.

Build-Own-Operate-Transfer Way

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

Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) provides an opportunity for private sector participation in financing, designing, construction, operation and maintenance of public sector Programmes and projects.

DoT begins phase II rural mobile project in India

The Department of Telecom is planning to roll out second phase of the rural mobile project. In its second phase, DoT will roll out another 11,000 cellular towers across 2.4 lakh unconnected villages under the Universal Services Obligation fund.

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.

e-Police for Crime Free World?

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Editorial

ISRO sets up 291 VRCs to benefit rural India

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has established 291 Village Resource Centres (VRCs) to provide integrated services, including tele-education, tele-medicine, natural resources information and skill development in rural India.

Indian Railways to expand telemedicine network

The Indian Railways is planning to expand their telemedicine network to 23 more places across India.

eHealth and Public Sector Reforms in India

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

In this paper, we take an overview of primary health care scenario in India, the contours of health sector reforms agenda under the National Rural health Mission: the principles of eHealth, possible loci of synergy under NRHM and possible technology options for accelerated health sector reforms in the country.

Doing business 2008

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

In Fact

Internet Postman comes to Orissa , India

In Orissa, a state transport bus service is providing Internet connectivity to rural regions of the state.