A Leap Forward to e-Readiness – e-Governance Scenario in Haryana : V S Kundu,, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.

“To facilitate the users/citizens in the rural areas, steps are being taken to immediately start escorting services through CSCs for delivery of various services being given by district administration or line departments from the district headquarters, so that the villagers could avoid the harassment of traveling to district headquarters several times for services like getting an income certificate, caste certificate, domicile certificate and so forth”, informs V S Kundu, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., and Special Secretary, IT, Government of Haryana, to egov magazine.

Innovations – The Starting Point for Change : Prof M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSS Research Foundation

Prof Swaminathan gave India its green revolution more than three decades back. Then he gave India the

Helping Create Connected Governments : Nagendra Venkaswamy, Managing Director, Juniper Networks, India and South Asia Region

Nagendra Venkaswamy is the Managing Director of Juniper Networks for region, comprised of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. He is based in Mumbai and is responsible for the sales and operations of Juniper Networks throughout the sub region.

telecentre ethos 2.0

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

When you hear the term telecentre ethos 2.0, what comes to your
mind? In general, like in the version of software development as
a product, the term telecentre 2.0 refl ects a level of robustness
and maturity. It really is going beyond the IT infrastructure and
pilots to encompass access to knowledge, social transformation,
opportunities and partnership building for collaboration which
provides value plus to the communities as they prepare to become
part of the knowledge economy

Opportunities for Growth – Open Source Software : Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director-Government Strategy, Sun Microsystems India

Interview

The grand ambition…

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Editorial

Profile of IDRC

Economics is one area where ICTs have made an impact. For example, IDRC-supported research has shown how mobile phones and Internet technology have increased the income-levels of Senegalese small-scale farmers and fishermen, by giving them reliable, up-to-date information on market prices, and strengthening their positions as they negotiated prices with buyers.

Puducherry (India) Govt. offices to be connected

Around 500 government departments of Puducherry, India would be connected through Wide Area Network (WAN) by the end of 2007 under the e-governance programme.

Indian Government calls states to implement e-Governance in transport sector

The Union Minister of shipping, road transport and highways, Government of India has stressed the states to implement e-Governance in transport sector to solve the problems being faced by people as well as enforcement agencies.

NIC enables Indians to complain file through online

Now complain filing is just a pone click away from your hand. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India is executing the project, called Computerisation & Computer Networking of Consumer Fora (Confonet), on a turnkey basis.