The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), India, is introducing e-Procurement system, with effect from 1st September2008 and would start inviting tender through e-Procurement portal. The system would make it convenient to participate in the bid and the tendering process will be more efficenient, faster and transparent.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the first phase in the rollout of wireless broadband powered Wimax protocol in rural India by the end of 2008.
Soon citizens of Mumbai will be able to pay their property taxes and water bills through cell phones. A quick SMS with a bill number to a fixed number will ensure that the bill is paid. The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start trails of the new system from 20 August 2008.
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In order to know about the exact size of land plots, the latitude, longitude, evenness of fields and precise location as well as land altitudes and elevation, the farmers in Tajikistan will use Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology system.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is being used to upgrade the security at the Chennai port
In an attempt towards bridging the digital divide and bring e-Government services to the digitally marginalised groups, the Government of Poland has started a tendering process for e-Inclusion projects.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Health insurance in India is increasingly getting refined and redefined, with a population of more than a billion people
From this year onwards, the Bihar government has decided to use mobile phones in monitoring of floods within the state. This is indicated by Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar during the launch of the Mobile Inspection System which is first of its kind in the state.
In order to check national Electronic Identity (eID), the European Commission launched a pilot project
