The simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent (SMART) objective of e-Governance in the Indian state Orissa is yet to be flfilled although the State Government is claimed to have computerised tehsils and block-level administration and has initiated the process of computerisation of land records.
IT major Microsoft is to invest $1.7 billion in India and also partner the government of India in pushing e-Governance through National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG).
A battery gives the urnas, as these portable electronic voting machines are called, a backup in case of power failures. Voters punch in several digits to vote — and are no longer obliged to write out a candidate’s name, a baffling chore for borderline literates.
Under the auspices of H.E. President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is hosting the first Arab Government Leaders Forum in the Middle East
The National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG)of India is organising an Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) workshop on July 8 and 9 at Hyderabad as a part of the project that aims to make information and communication technologies work for people.
