International News: May 2009
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Vietnam to Improve IT sector
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12 Ministries, Departments in Bangladesh start E-service
12 Ministries from the Bangladesh Government have started to provide E-service including paying utility and land bills through the Internet to the people.
Effective Social Services : Adaire Fox-Martin, Public Services group for SAP’s
As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP’s Asia Pacific Division, Adaire Fox-Martin oversees the strategic direction and activities in the area of public services in the health, education and defence sectors across
BJP Envisages IT Revolution For India
The indications are available in the IT Vision document of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) which it has released towards the upcoming elections indicate that India is soon to emerge as revolutionary power in the world. The detailed Vision Document is available here as well as www.lkadvani.in.
Administrative Reforms: Core Objective : Rajni Razdan, Secretary, (AR & PG)
How does e-Governance contribute to the fulfilment of the mandate of DAR&PG?
Call Center for Right to Information (RTI)
Minister of State, Prithiraj Chauhan in his remarks said that RTI is an enabling tool for citizens. To make information under RTI available on phone, a pilot project on call center for RTI on phone has been approved…
PM on Global Financial Crisis
…Our banks, both in the public sector and in the private sector, are financially sound, well capitalised and well regulated. There should be no fear of a failure of any bank. In particular, I wish to assure depositors in our banks that their deposits are entirely safe,
e-Panchayat in Limbo
The tall project towards connecting all the panchayats across the country is in limbo, with the Panchayati Raj Ministry complaining that the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry are not too keen on allocating funds for it.
The Sorrow of Bihar
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
UK Parliament to Introduce e-Petitions Soon
The Parliament’s Procedure Committee proposal for e-Petitions will now be accepted through the parliamentary website, announced the Government of UK.
