Core Infrastructure Ready by mid 2009 : A.K. Srivastava, Government of Meghalaya
In the last year, what is the overall progress in terms of implementing the National
e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in Meghalaya?
Gujarat Launches e-Gram Project
On 23rd January 2009, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat formally launched the e-Gram Vishwagram Project, offering broadband connectivity to all -13693 -Gram Panchayats of the state from the Haripura village. It has also helped 10,000 rural entrepreneurs in getting employment.
Chhattisgarh Setting Example : Aman Kumar Singh, Government of Chhattisgarh, India
CGSWAN is the largest WiMAX 802.16d deployment in Asia connecting 3,000 Government offices of the state government
e-Districts going Strong : S. Abbasi, Ministry of Communication and IT, India
e-Districts are right now in a pilot phase. Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) has more or less completed it, the other schemes […]
e-Districts going Strong : S. Abbasi, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India
e-Districts are right now in a pilot phase. Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) has more or less completed it, the other schemes will be sanctioned only in March 2009, and then there will be a eighteen month time frame for the pilot phase of the rest of the chosen states which are around twelve in number
Bharti Airtel Wins Award for the Gujarat e-GRAM project
Bharti Airtel, has been awarded the ‘Best Project Management’ for the Gujarat e-GRAM project at the World Communication Awards 2008…
Indian Satellite Market @ 2013
NSR, an international market research and consulting firm, in its recent report named, ‘Indian Satellite Markets,’ predicts that India to be a multi-billion dollar market for satellite and related services by 2013…
Africa : 12 Million Nigerians to be connected with ICT
Galaxy Backbone Plc is planning to provide ICT skills to about 12 million citizens of Nigeria, especially who are living in rural areas. Once the ongoing project will be completed, an estimated 12 million Nigerians will have digital access of post offices.
Providing Holistic Services : Pranav Roach, President-HUGHES Network Systems, India
We are a diverse country and requirements are area specific and therefore, setting up networks will take time and involves huge cost.
Project Franchise Lab – Healthcare at the bottom of the pyramid
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The massive yet unexplored rural healthcare market is drawing the attention of many today.
