Passport Seva Project
At New Delhi,India,on October 13th 2008,Tata Consultancy Services announced that it has a signed a deal with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, for the Passport Automation Project – the largest mission-critical E-governance project valued at over Rs.10,000 million.
1 Lakh Common Service Centres by July 2009
Government plans to establish One Lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) in 600,000 villages,to provide IT enabled services to the people in the rural areas.Out of which 18,000 CSCs have already been set up.The CSC roll out is part of Department of Information technology’s steps to support Infrastructure under the National E-Governance Plan for enabling anytime, anywhere delivery of government services. Department of Information Technology would provide calibrated support through policy interventions and appropriate financial support to create the basic infrastructure for these 100,000 proposed CSCs. All these CSCs are scheduled to be operational by July next year.
e-Panchayat in Limbo
The tall project towards connecting all the panchayats across the country is in limbo, with the Panchayati Raj Ministry complaining that the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry are not too keen on allocating funds for it.
The Sorrow of Bihar
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Sign Off
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Ali, the local scrap dealer ( raddiwala ) had come home. He was on his routine weekly visit to collect the old newspapers
Video-conferencing to replace bureaucrats
Soon all the Indian secretaries at the centre and state chief secretaries will have virtual meetings every day as the centre has begun implementing a programme worth INR 1.5 crore, introducing desktop video conferencing to enable them take quick decisions and expedite the response time. The project is expected to be completed within two months.
India: West Bengal completes rural e-Governance project
The West Bengal (India) Government has successfully completed a rural e-Governance programme in the state in association with microprocessor manufacturing major Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
A Model for Innovation : K K Dhawan, Mira Model School, India
A teacher of Physics and Director, Mira Model School, K K Dhawan has about 45 years of teaching and administrative experience in India and overseas.
Technological Challenges in Distance Learning
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
