Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in a step to boast its e-Governance adoption, will tie up with Axis Bank to facilitate payment of municipal taxes through the internet and credit or debit cards. Axis Bank was chosen for the facility as it already provides similar facilities in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Faridabad, Ranchi and Amravati.
Over 110 million households may soon be able to avail broadband services over the cable television network across the country said telecommunication experts…
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Raju Sharma, has been posted as Mission Director (Joint Director rank), in the Department of Science and Technology, Tech Info Forecasting
Our ultimate aim in all these initiatives is to connect with the mobile user because mobile telephony will continue to grow at a faster rate, as we have witnessed in the recent past.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Financial Inclusion is a very important initiative for the sustainable growth of a country.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The need for microcredit
Self-Help Group (SHG) movement in India constitutes one of the largest microfinance networks in the World. However, SHGs
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Background
Estonia is internationally renowned for being a pioneer in the adaptation to new banking technologies. Estonia is currently belonging to the country group of medium Internet penetration on the global scale outnumbering its Baltic neighbours and Eastern-European countries but being somewhat behind from the Scandinavian countries, USA, Canada, leading European countries and some Asian countries.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Women
Soon State Bank of India (SBI) will provide banking services through e-Gram project, the Gujarat Government-pioneered e-Gram project, which aims to provide e-Governance services in villages. SBI will provide checking of account balance, deposits, loans insurance and other banking services through the Internet.
