[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
For the developing countries what matters most in implementing e-Government is low cost, high speed and efficient access network infrastructure.
Pakistan is moving forward to bridge the digital divide in the country by improving the access to ICT for low income groups. The government is targeting to provide 1.6 million broadband connections in next three years.
The Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser (CA), Bangladesh, Ali Imam Majumder said that e-Governance is not confined to technology, but is to be regarded as a service, which can be provided to the citizens.
Indian retailers are teaching farmers about how to plant crops and fight pests. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ACCII) claims that customers in small town and villages across the country will increase up to 60 percent to $18.1 billion by 2012.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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The Norwegian Government has gone live with a major new information management solution to empower its national website, www.government.no. The new system allows staff from 17 Ministries to access all information and documents.
Minister for Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran has unveiled 26 projects under the National e-Governance Plan, which would cost the Government of India around INR 23,000 crore in the coming five years.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 13, March 2007 said that India is committed to fiscal consolidation and infrastructure development.
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The advantage with Delhi is the e-Readiness of its citizens, which helps to achieve the goal of the e-Governance.
