The State Bank of India (SBI), has started making direct payment to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) beneficiaries through SBI biometric smart card, on a pilot basis in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
In the third phase of the Project Arrow the Department of Post (DoP) would invest about INR 900 crore to upgrade and renovate 4,500 post offices in the next six months.
This is the first time, villagers in Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh will receive payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) through a cutting-edge disbursement method.
The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) is rolling out a pilot project at Warangal in Andhra Pradesh to offer biometric cards in rural region of India.
[This article was published in the November 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of Government of India, the Income Tax Department of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has initiated one of the major
e-Governance initiatives of India. Under this initiative, the entire department along with the gamut of services that it offers has been automated through a system of web-based, single-window, 24X7 service delivery model.
