[This article was published in the February 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indian Railways is one of the largest railway systems in the world under a single management. It runs 11,000 trains every day. Spread across 67 divisions, it covers 104,000 km of rail track, has over 7,000 railway stations and ferries around 17 million passengers daily.
Tata Consultancy Services has opened a development center TCS Awadh Park in Lucknow, India. The center is the latest addition to the company’s Global Network Delivery Model and has a capacity of 1,500 seats. It will develop and implement software applications for global corporations in countries like USA, Canada, UK, Singapore, and South Africa. It will also support e-governance initiatives in the states of UP and Uttarakhand as well as select projects for Government of India.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Sahara Prime City Ltd, the real estate arm of the Sahara India Pariwar, is looking to expand into the healthcare sector.
The e-Procurement system of the Indian Railways has processed over 3,712 e-tenders in the last five months or so. This Railways
Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has invited global tenders for implementing the high-security number plate scheme for motor vehicles in the state. This step has come about in the wake of Cabinet’s approval for implementing this high-security number plate scheme for motor vehicles in the state through public-private partnership. It had also arranged a pre-bid conference of manufacturers and vendors on February, 2009 in Lucknow.
Department of Information Technology, Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi is conducting a Training Programme in e-Procurement which will be held on the every Tuesday and Friday between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
'Innovations 2009' which is planning to showcase 15 innovative products or processes developed by the technocrats is to held on […]
At a national seminar on the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Lucknow, activists demanded the setting up of a RTI call centre, on the lines of the one functional in Bihar…
Learner’s driving licence test is being computerised in India’s capital city – New Delhi. The system was introduced at the new zonal transport office at Vasant Vihar in south-west Delhi. Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf innaugurated the system.
