e-Governance Projects – Status report
According to the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology The major Schemes being implemented by the Department of Information Technology are…
E-governance in all districts of Tamil Nadu soon
Soon Tamil Nadu will have fully computerised districts to promote e-governance in the state. While inaugurating the 43rd annual convention of the Computer Society of India (CSI) and the 25th South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation Conference, Chief Secretary K S Tripathy stated that the new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy of the State Government would aim at broadbasing the IT industry in the State as part of the efforts to bring development as an inclusive phenomenon.
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[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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India: Haryana to develop state data centre
Haryana is ready to take the last step towards IT infrastructure development in the form of state data centre. The project, which is likely to catalyze an investment of about INR 500 million, is waiting an approval from the Central Government of India.
SDC: The Store House of Information : Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Secretary IT-Government of Maharashtra, India
“SDC is one of the most sophisticated component of the e-Governance project in India for which experts with specific skill sets such as security, software, hardware are required. Besides these, managing the entire activities of different departments of the government is also crucial,” says Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Secretary IT, Government of Maharashtra
State Data Centres: The Critical Infrastructure : S P Singh, Senior Director-Department of Information Technology, India
“SDC being a critical infrastructure requiring uptime of the highest order, selection of right technology, monitoring, operation/management and conformance to the security and data privacy will be major issues to be addressed,” says S P Singh, Senior Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
Towards User Friendly e-Governance : Dr. Ajay Kumar, IT Secretary- Kerala e-Governance, India
“The Kerala e-Governance Strategy 2008 is in furtherance of the intentions expressed in the IT Policy 2007 and proposes to provide a more definitive framework for leading Kerala into an era of ICT-enabled citizen friendly efficient and effective governance”
State Data Centre at Technopark
R.L. Bhatia the Governor of Kerala (India) said that the government of Kerala would set up a State Data Centre (SDC) at Technopark.
Chattisgarh has Several Firsts to its Credit : Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary-in-charge (IT) & CEO ChiPS, Chattisgarh
Aman Kumar Singh is an Indian Revenue Services(Customs and Central Excise) Officer of 1995 batch with an Engineering Background (Regional Engineering College, Bhopal). He is presently Chief Executive Officer of Chattisgarh infotech and biotech Promotion Society CHiPS) and Secretary-in-charge (IT) of Government of Chattisgarh.
