At the cusp of e-Transition

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

Maharashtra is now counted among the leaders in e-Governance readiness in India and is poised to be the only state with single front-end delivery of 100 G2C services by next year

In three years, all state departments will be integrated online : Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna, Director – Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra, India

Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna
Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra

Bihar headed for the digital age

Nitish Kumar directed all government departments to prepare an Information Technology roadmap as well as computerisation of their internal function following the state government’s agenda to adopt e-Governance.

Pumping state capacity is key to enabling e-Government : Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary to Government, Department of IT & Communications, Government of Rajasthan, India

Despite all implementation challenges like business continuity, lack of administration capacity and indifference of line departments, the Department of Information Technology (DOIT) is doing a 9 to 9 job to push the e-Governance agenda in the state.

Health of e-Gov in Rajasthan

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

Save departments akin Commercial Tax and Excise, it

Haryana Creating Resident Database for UID

The Haryana government is creating a database of all the residents in the state. The database is being created under the Unique Identification (UID) project of the central government which is in its initial stages of implementation in the state.

Haryana Links 1400 Offices with SWAN

Haryana Government has succeeded in linking 1,400 government offices of various departments through State Wide Area Network (SWAN).

Haryana to Upgrade IT Facilities for Better e-Governance

The Haryana government has decided to create an information technology (IT) cadre for implementation of the state’s e-Governance initiatives in various departments.

M N Vidyashankar Appointed IT Secretary, Karnataka

Karnataka e-Governance Secretary M N Vidyashankar has also been given additional charge of Information Technology, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, in a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the State Government.

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