Technology will Change the Shape of Everything

www.mit.gov.in Concerns on the front of poverty cannot be met without full-scale expansion of ICT driven financial services Shankar Aggarwal, Additional […]

NeGP: Where Are We? : November 2008

EDITORIAL NeGP: Where Are We ? COVER STORY NeGP: Report Card e-Governance Going Strong Interview: Shankar Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Department […]

11 States Expected to Adopt e-Payment Gateway by 2012: DIT

Around 20 services, central and state governments, will be linked to the payment platform in the next two to three months, enabling citizens to make online payments

Replicate Successful Models

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Capacity building of planners, executors and end-users needs to be incorporated for greater efficiency of all e-Governance initiatives

e-Governance has to be citizen-centric : Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, DITT, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India

Shankar Aggarwal, one of the prominent e-Governancet practitioners, is responsible for realising the government

World Bank Approves $ 150 Million Loan for NeGP

India has inked a loan agreement with World Bank for 150 million dollars for the ‘e-Delivery of Public Services Development Policy Loan’ under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP),

Urban Governance: Can help?

[This article was published in the March 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Municipal e-Governance through advanced, interactive and user-friendly technologies is the way forward. The agenda is to minimise personal visits to a government office and ensure speedy delivery of G2C services

Lend them a banking hand

[This article was published in the November 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

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Towards Overcoming the Knowledge Island Syndrome

[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Following its predecessors, the Telecentre Forum 2009 held on 26-27 August 2009 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad during the eIndia 2009 conference, provided a knowledge sharing platform to telecentre stakeholders from around the world.

Decentralisation Must For Successful e-Governance

[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.