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.

Ushering IT Revolution in Haryana : Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon

“To promote e-Governance and improve delivery of citizen services using ICT state government has taken several initiatives, such as setting up of the State Wide Area Network and establishing Citizen Service Centers in more than 1100 villages. Besides this, government has directed all departments to prepare their IT plans with particular emphasis on automation of citizen services”, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon

e-Health and Public Sector Reforms in India

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

India has achieved multifaceted socio-economic progress since Independence.

Curtain Raiser

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The XIth National e-Governance Conference is being organised jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India and Department of Information Technology, Government of Haryana.

Bihar Government to Start 6 major e-Governance Projects

The state government of Bihar, India is working on six major e-Governance initiatives worth INR 1.6 million with Tata Consultancy services (TCS).

Delhi Government Plans a One Stop Portal

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), India has decided to upgrade the state portal. Presently

Haryana (India) launches website to facilitate investment in the state

The Government of Haryana has launched a website called HaryanaIndustries.nic.in in association with Microsoft India.

Leader in e-Readiness : Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, IT, Government of Kerala

Ajay Kumar is a member of the Indian Administrative Services with 22 years of experience. His area of expertise include e- Readiness and the measurement of the impact of ICTs to foster economic, social and knowledge growth of countries.

Moving Steady on the Path of e-Governance : C K Mathew, Principle Secretary, IT, Government of Rajasthan

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Touching the Lives of Citizens : MG Kiran, Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Sikkim

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