ICT in e-Governance can Help Curb Corruption: ASSOCHAM

Information and telecommunication technologies offer tremendous untapped potential that can be leveraged to curb corruption and ensure good governance at all levels in public life, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said today.

Assessing National e-Readiness

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By Seema Hafeez,
Sr Economic Affairs Officer, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Opportunities v/s Challenges

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

e-Government can be a gamechanger, but challenges remain

By Walter Fust, Member, ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission; Member, UN C

Improving Public Service Delivery

[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

By Naimur Rahman,
Director, One World South Asia & MD, One World Foundation India

Bringing Accountability for e-Governance

[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Once the new legislation on e-Services for public is passed, all government departments will have to issue a framework within six months on services to be digitised and formats to be adopted, along with a cut-off date for completing the exercise

Reaching Out to Every Nook and Corner

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Though e-Governance has taken off in full swing, but the bigger challenge is to reach out to the remotest areas of the country

IT Convergence is the Answer

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The bigger challenges are inter-departmental coordination for convergence of resources and programs

Aiming for an Interactive Governance

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

As far as technology is concerned Unified Communications (UC) is the way forward to achieve all many targets for successful e-Governance

World Bank Approves $ 150 Million Loan for NeGP

India has inked a loan agreement with World Bank for 150 million dollars for the ‘e-Delivery of Public Services Development Policy Loan’ under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP),

NeGP Update

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, has presented a policy drat for mobile governance