Union minister for Company Affairs (India) Prem Chandra Gupta has announced that a fresh Bill on company affairs will be tabled in the next session of Parliament commencing later this month.
The unveiling of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) blueprint by the Union government of India is a step laden with huge significance. The ambitious project, costing Rs 23,000 crore, is to be implemented in the next five years at both the central and state levels.
The Union Government if India launched an e-Governance programme for the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) on Monday.
The department of treasuries in the Indian state Karnataka, which ushered in an accountable system of financial transactions by starting an online project in November 2002, added another feather to its cap recently. Three years ago it took 45 to 60 days for the government to complete compilation of accounts. But today it takes not more than three days with this e-Governance initiative ‘Khajane’.
The three-day ninth National e-Governance Conference last week recommended higher adoption of public private partnerships (PPP) and amendment to the sections on e-Governance in the Information Technology Act. The conference, attended by heads of State IT departments and representatives from IT majors, also wanted legislative changes to boost the PPPs, besides urging the Government to evolve a policy on user charges.
World renowned chipmaker, Intel, has developed community based computer which would be used by the Union government for e-Governance purposes.
[This article was published in the August 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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The Indian arm of International Business Machines (IBM) is going for the West Bengal government
