1 Lakh Common Service Centres by July 2009

Government plans to establish One Lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) in 600,000 villages,to provide IT enabled services to the people in the rural areas.Out of which 18,000 CSCs have already been set up.The CSC roll out is part of Department of Information technology’s steps to support Infrastructure under the National E-Governance Plan for enabling anytime, anywhere delivery of government services. Department of Information Technology would provide calibrated support through policy interventions and appropriate financial support to create the basic infrastructure for these 100,000 proposed CSCs. All these CSCs are scheduled to be operational by July next year.

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.

A Model for Innovation : K K Dhawan, Mira Model School, India

A teacher of Physics and Director, Mira Model School, K K Dhawan has about 45 years of teaching and administrative experience in India and overseas.

The time is ripe

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

e-Services for Commercial Tax Department in Tamil Nadu

The Commercial Taxes Department in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu launched several e-Services. This move is aimed at the benefiting the business community, which includes online refund claim for exporters, e-Request for saleable forms and fast track clearance system.

North India ahead of South in e-Network access

According to an assessment on ‘e-Governance initiatives’ undertaken by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), cities like Delhi, Chandigarh and Goa are rated best in terms of e-Network access but in terms of e-Network policies, Southern part of India is taking lead.

e-Governance not Beneficial for the Poor in India: Survey

India Corruption Study- 2007 by Transparency International India and the Centre for Media Studies has proved that computerisation of front-end government services, e-Governance, citizen charters and social audits have controlled corruption involving upper and middle classes but have not helped the poor.

Gramjyoti: Human Rights Case Study

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

India, the world

Bringing Knowledge Based Decision Making in to Industry : Kalyanaraman Srinivasan, founder-GlobalScholar.com

Kalyanaraman Srinivasan, popularly known as Kal Raman, is the Indian born CEO and founder of GlobalScholar.com. He hopes to establish the on-line education platform for teachers, parents, and students in India.

National Seminar on ‘Grassroots Level Informatics Development Programs’ 9 May, 2008

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

The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India organised a national seminar,