ICT Revolution in Bihar
Bihar having realized the importance of information super highway for becoming a developed state is speedily acquiring Wi-Fi and Wi Max technologies…
Bihar having realized the importance of information super highway for becoming a developed state is speedily acquiring Wi-Fi and Wi Max technologies…
We are a diverse country and requirements are area specific and therefore, setting up networks will take time and involves huge cost.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indian medical fraternity, especially the unorganised private sector, has been over the years quite unconcerned about preservation of patient records.
“We were predominantly a wire line company when we initially started, now we have successfully diversified ourselves into the wireless space. We are also actively thinking in terms of joint ventures.” tells R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL) (A Government of India Enterprise), to egov magazine
Bhutan is concentrating to build political will to take ICT (Information Communications Technology) to the next level.
The West Bengal (India) Government is planning to set up common services centres (CSCs) in each of the 4,562 panchayats in the state by Mach 31, 2008. These CSCs will allow villagers to avail services like registration of certificates, filing commercial taxes among others.
The first step in finding the best solution was to identify the right platform. With the aid of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), FCI identified 5 key criteria that must be fulfilled on the new platform.
Rs 600-crore has been allocated for the computerisation programme for Central Board of Customs and Excise (CBEC) over a period of 5 years.
The Uttar Pradesh Government has asked Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) to soon complete networking across the state, so that the state government can launch the Uttar Pradesh State Wide Area Network (UPSWAN) on January 1, 2008.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Punjab is situated in northwestern part of India, covering 54 percent of the country