PPP: Philosophy of Success : Anurag Jain, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India

MP was the first state to put cyber treasury in place whereby citizens can avail the facility by making anytime, anywhere tax/fee payments

Computer Literacy Boosting e-Governance : B K Agarwal, Government of Himachal Pradesh, India

Non-Availability of enough funds is a magor roadblock in the implementation of e-Governance in Himachal Pradesh

Tapping the Advantage of ICT Literacy : Ram Muivah, Government of Manipu

Employment Exchange, Finance Department, e-Procurement, Land Records, Geographical Information System (GIS) for administrative planning will be given priority in the future

Target: 100% e-Literacy : Dr Ajay Kumar, Government of Kerala

100 percent household e-Literacy has been attained in Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Kazarkode, Kozhikode and Thrissur districts and post-literacy services like e-Pay, e-Krishi, e-Learning are being introduced here

Our Focus – Capacity Building : Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, Government of Orissa

We have planned to float the RFP for the State Data Centre by the first week of January 2009 and completing all the tendering process by March 31, 2009

Attracting investments in ITeS : V S Bhaskar, Government of Assam, India

So far, 397 CSCs are operational and by March 31, 2009, the entire lot will be rolled out

Second Best State in e-Governance : HP after Delhi

Himachal Pradesh has been declared as the second best state in the country in e-governance. This premier award in the area of e-governance will be given to the state for providing the best IT related initiatives…

Policing in the Information Age

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

Information Technology (IT) has created new opportunities to manage the police force better, and to investigate criminal cases more efficiently. At the same time,
it has given rise to increasing cyber-crimes. The police must gear up to face the increasing challenges on this front, and contribute to the healthy development of the IT sector in the country.

India: AP plans for 2,000 Rajiv Internet Villages

Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (AP) directed officials to accelerate setting up of at least 2,000 Rajiv Internet Villages by the end of this 2006.

Automated Jharkhand government to be more transparent, responsive : Ram Sewak Sharma, IT Secretary, Jharkhand, India

“Our government has taken the decision that the entire internal functioning of the government has to be automated so that can bring about transparency and responsiveness. We have learnt lessons from the e-Government projects of other states also.