AIIMS to Build Knowledge Centre Online; Will Include All Data Including Treatment History
The Knowledge Center is part of the Convergence Centre, being built at a cost of Rs 50.85 crore and expected to be ready in 18 months
Government Initiates AGRISNET Scheme for Farmers
AGRISNET envisages promotion of e-Governance by use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The objective of the programme is to provide IT enabled services to farmers
e-Gov Infrastructure on the Agenda for Upcoming Satellite Towns
The Minister of State for Urban Development, Saugata Roy informed the Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Urban Development is running a pilot scheme for Infrastructure Development in satellite town around mega-cities
Soon, Easy Passport Coming to Delhi
Government sources said that intensive efforts are being made to roll out Passport Seva Kendras in Delhi and Gurgaon within one month. There will be three PSKs
Paperless Administration, Not a Distant Dream
In the third phase of e-Governance in South Goa district, the administration plans to link the 72 talathi offices with digital network, thereby enabling a paperless office.
CM Launches New Smart Card Scheme in Maharashtra
Maharashtra CM, Prithviraj Chavan, recently launched a new initiative in Bhiwandi village of a state. The initiative is on the lines of financial inclusion using biometrics where he issued smart cards to beneficiaries of the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojyna, a state-sponsored financial aid scheme for destitutes.
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.
Geo-Informatics Centre Coming up in Himachal
The Himachal Pradesh government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat for setting up a centre in the hill state
e-Payment Facility in Kerala University
Students of Kerala University no longer need to stand in long queues to pay their examination fees. They can now do so from the comfort of their homes. The e-Payment facility for paying the examination fees of the University was launched on Tuesday by Dr. A Jayakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, Kerala University at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram.
Mohali
Mohali will soon get a State Data Centre (SDC), one of the key Information Technology infrastructure elements being created in Punjab. It will provide a safe data storage facility. Punjab Information Technology Minister, Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon laid the foundation stone of the INR 12 crore project at Industrial Focal Point, Phase VIII-B, in Mohali.
