Desktops to cost INR 5000 in India : Intel

Intel India announced the launch of a range of desktops which will start at INR.5,000 ($125 approximately).

ICT in School Education

[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Eleventh five year plan is mooted as

Tripura Hires PwC to Audit its SWAN, Makes it India’s First Third Party Auditor of the Project

PwC (Price waterhouse Coopers) has become the third party audit (TPA) agency for Tripura SWAN (State Wide Area Network) for a period of five years. Selected by a limited tender process by Department of Information Technology (DIT), they have become India’s first third party auditor for the project.

TCS Wins Contract for Issuance of Indian Passports

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has won the first ever contract for processing Indian passport applications. This is a big move in terms of outsourcing government work.

60, 000 CSCs to be Established in Rural India: DoT

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India announced the establishment of 60,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural India by the end of the financial year.

e-Gazette Launched by Ministry of Urban Development

As part of the e-governance initiatives, the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development has launched e-Gazette with the help of NIC and NICSI which will maintain Gazette Notifications on a date-wise, month-wise, part-wise and subject-wise basis. These data belongs to the Central Government and the Government of NCT of Delhi. However, the printed version of the Gazette will continue to exist along with the e-version of the same.

Coal India Initiates e-Procurement

Coal India Limited (CIL) has planned to procure about one-third of its equipment, consumables, spare parts and other stores, electronically in order to cut delays and enable efficiency.

Building Connections Around the World : R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director-Telecom Consultants India Limited (TCIL), India

“We were predominantly a wire line company when we initially started, now we have successfully diversified ourselves into the wireless space. We are also actively thinking in terms of joint ventures.” tells R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL) (A Government of India Enterprise), to egov magazine

IT Ministry’s Pilot Project in Tamil Nadu and Bihar

Four districts in Tamil Nadu and three districts in Bihar in India have been chosen for a pilot project by the Information Technology ministry to introduce e-Governance at the district level administration.

IT knowledge to be made compulsory for government jobs in future

Goa Information Technology Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar has said that knowledge of IT would be made mandatory for government jobs in future and that the government would set up training institutes all over the state for the purpose. The government has ambitious plan to implement e-Governance policy.