The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchanges (NCDEX) are planning to launch commodity-specific electronic spot trading in mandis of different states of India.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is planning to move in e-Governance sector of India by using its MCA 21.
The State Government is planning to refurnish ICT policy in the early part of the next financial year in Orissa, India.
[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
It is true that e-Health is gaining currency in the developed countries of the west, but the awareness of its enormous potential seems to be very limited in Africa.
Nasscom is rolling out the plans of BPO sector in nationwide. Nasscom announced that the company will roll out the Nasscom Assessment of Competence (NAC) programme to evaluate talent of candidates for BPO sector.
The state government of Rajasthan (India) is going to become one of the front-runner states in the e-Governance space.
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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IBM Global Services India has signed a deal with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, India, to promote IT education at the grassroots level as well as build capacity and improve skills of the IT workforce. The programme is called Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem (INVITE).
C K Mathew, the Principal Secretary of Education, Government of Rajasthan, explains the objectives of the REI and discusses the crucial components that need attention, in an exclussive conversation with Rumi Mallick of Digital Learning
eChoupal project has led to better remuneration for the farmers and assured quality inputs to ITC, the company that launched this project.
