UID phase-2 rollout in Karnataka from next month
The State government of Karnataka has taken a call, on the division on collection of biometric and demographic data of […]
Annual Plan for Uttarakhand has been finalised
The Annual Plan for Uttarakhand for 2012-13 was finalised at Rs 8, 200 crore on Monday after a meeting between […]
Bihar’s spending in 5 years to match Gujarat’s spending over 50 years
An ongoing exercise at the Planning Commission lays bare Bihar’s ambitious growth agenda. Its total plan outlay for the 12th […]
UIDAI bill scheduled for monsoon session of parliament
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia assured that the government will introduce a bill during the Monsoon Session of […]
Rs 300 Crore Aadhaar Contract for Reliance-HCL consortium
Telecom services provider Reliance Communications (RCom), in a consortium led by IT firm HCL Infosystems, is believed to have bagged […]
UID project is back on track
The government has cleared the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)’s proposal to enroll an extra 40 crore people in […]
4th Anniversary Issue : January 2009
EDITORIAL Moving ahead with confidence CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CORNER PLANNING THE FUTURE INDIA Subas Pani, Secretary, Planning Commission, Government of […]
The line of debate
[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
While government aims to assign unique numbers to a billion plus population for providing a portable identity and eliminating of ghosts from databases, it has spurred a public debate on the potential misuse of UID leading to infringement of individual privacy and liberty and data security
When big is not as costly too
[This article was published in the October 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Given the colossal scale of IT in the Aadhaar project, virtualisation will kick in savings of an unprecedented magnitude
Food for All
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
PDS must be ridded of its weeds to reach its most rightful recipient
