e-governance

31.03.2006 key component of e-governance is to provide governments with a citizen-friendly face. Naturally, G2C (government-to-citizens) is an important element of all e-governance projects.e-Seva is, perhaps, the best example and one of the earliest attempts to take the benefits of e-governance to citizens.

30.03.2006 The Head of Microsoft's Rural Computing, Mr Tarun Malik, said Softrack would be part of the company's IT initiative — SAKSHAM (self-sustaining), under which the company plans to roll out 50,000 kiosks over the next three years.

30.03.2006 In a bid to take computers to the rural communities in India, global chip major Intel unveiled a new Ruggedised Personal Computer platform designed to withstand adverse weather conditions including heat, dust and humidity and run on alternate power sources, including the car battery.

29.03.2006 Despite all the hullabaloo about India's prowess in IT and sky-rocketing telecom subscriptions, the country still figured at the bottom rung (rank 40) in the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006.

29.03.2006 Despite all the hullabaloo about India's prowess in IT and sky-rocketing telecom subscriptions, the country still figured at the bottom rung (rank 40) in the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006. US topped the list, followed by Singapore, Denmark and Iceland at second third and fourth positions, respectively, in the report released.

24.03.2006 Blantyre (AND) Over 70 percent of government ministries and departments in Malawi will be electronically connected as one way promoting efficient communication among civil servants in the delivery of service to the public.

24.03.2006 In the ICT arena women they still remain inside that outer circle of ICT users where a male-dominated society assigns specific limits beyond which women are not able to tread. Women, like other subordinate groups in the society are thought to be “muted”.

13.03.2006 The Revenue department in Karnataka needs reforms. A minister receiving complaints on his mobile will not end corruption, opines NArayana A in the Deccan Herald.

10.03.2006 Two days ago, the Central State Office for e-Croatia, governmental office that works on computerization of state administration, organized the first meeting of the Working Group for Preparation of Policy documents related to use of open source software.

09.03.2006 The Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF), a non-government organisation, has launched a Rs 30 million project for rural children offering them advanced coaching facilities.

08.03.2006 Leading technology entrepreneur Javad Hasan has called for a technology strategy to take the benefits of technology to Kerala's villages.Mr. Hasan said presenting his views on `IT's role in Kerala's development' at a development seminar organised by the Congress party as part of its ongoing State conference. Merely producing `computer coolies' would not add to the wellbeing of the people, he said.

06.03.2006 While presenting his report to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Knowledge Commission chairman, Mr Sam Pitroda, contended that instead of adopting e-governance technologies to help government employees process the data, it should be citizen-friendly to serve their purpose of getting things done quickly in a transparent way.

03.03.2006 Most diplomats are slow in adapting to the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as observed by data and secure communications expert based in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Robert Guerra.

03.03.2006 The Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies is organizing a three day conference entitled 'egov Asia 2006' in conjunction with 'Digital Learning Asia 2006' and 'Asian Telecentre Forum 2006' from 26-28 April, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.

02.03.2006 Delhi government schools in India are preparing to welcome multimedia screens. CAL (computer-aided learning), Delhi government education department's ambitious project gives every lesson in NCERT textbooks for class VI to X in multimedia.

02.03.2006 e-Governance projects have been planned for execution in all states across the country. The e-Governance division of the Govt of India examines the practical implications of IT related issues, with the aim of improving services to citizens.

01.03.2006 In a major boost to the e-governance initiatives being carried out by the state, it has been selected as the lead player among other southern states for its e-governance programmes.

01.03.2006 The Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA) Tuesday pledged to support Nepal's master plan to promote e-governance in the country.

01.03.2006 The e-Governance project “MCA-21” is already under implementation and is scheduled to become operational all over the country, in a phased manner by April, 2006. It has already been started at Coimbatore on February 18th, 2006.

01.03.2006 Arul Mozhi, D. Deepa and K. Maunika are first generation learners from hamlets with about 1,000 families in interior Tamil Nadu but they are among the thousands of primary and elementary school children who use computers as a learning tool.