In order to improve its e-Governance, the Government of Tamil Nadu has a launched a website for online processing of land documents. The website was launched at a regional review conference organised jointly by the Land Resources department and Union Ministry of Rural Development.
Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, India has rejected Nicholas Negroponte’s offer of $100 laptops for schoolchildren. The Ministry is planning to make laptops at $10 for schoolchildren.
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is in the process of acquiring new technology to expand its service to the public, both in the urban and rural areas of the Vellore Secondary Switching Area (SSA) comprising Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts of Tamil Nadu in India.
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TNVASU) initiated experimentation on rural e-extension for transfer of technology in seven villages and two urban locations of the State.
