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Up one levelE-Lock Digital Signature product deployed at the High Courts of India
E-Lock has deployed multiple licenses of its Digital Signature product to the High Courts of India.
Union govt to set up large data centres in all states
After the Cabinet approves the project, implementation is expected to take another six -eight months
Indian Postal Dept. plans to offer banking services
The Postal department of India is planning to offer banking services through its full-fledged bank to be named Post bank of India.
CBDT, India starts web-blogging for tax queries
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of India has set a web blog on its website. Users can set up their own account and use its as a platform to discuss tax-related issues.
West Bengal (India) Govt. adopts open source for its e-Governance programme
Now, the West Bengal (WB) government's information technology department is choosing open source operating systems for its ambitious e-Governance programme in the state.
DDA LAUNCHES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Urban Development Minister, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy has said that transparency is one way to reducing corruption and increasing the level of efficiency. Speaking at the launch of the Integrated Management System for a complete online computerization of the Delhi Development Authority here today, Shri Reddy said that computer is a wonderful tool, which enables government and governance as a transparent system. He said that the Integrated Management System would streamline the information in the Authority. The Minister stated that the UPA Government has laid great stress on e-governance and the integrated management system at the DDA will be an example to other organizations not only in Delhi but also in the country.
TN, India State Police launches Economic Offences Wing website
06 April 2007 The State Police of Tamil Nadu (TN), India has launched the new Economic Offences Wing website (www.tneow.co.in) to move one more step towards e-Governance.
E-toll plazas to be soon established in India
The Government of India would be deploying state-of-the-art technology in order to increase the average distance covered by vehicles per day from 250 km to 400 km, thus bringing it nearer to the average in developed nations.
ICT helps overcome fundamental challenges
NEW DELHI: India recognizes the potential of ICT for rapid and all round development, Union Minister for Communications and IT, Dayanidhi Maran has said.
India for common telecom policy for C'wealth nations
NEW DELHI: India called for a common telecommunication policy for the Commonwealth Nations for sharing resources, network and infrastructure.
Minister for IT in India unveils 26 projects under NeGP
Minister for Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran has unveiled 26 projects under the National e-Governance Plan, which would cost the Government of India around INR 23,000 crore in the coming five years.
NIC enables Indians to complain file through online
Now complain filing is just a pone click away from your hand. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India is executing the project, called Computerisation & Computer Networking of Consumer Fora (Confonet), on a turnkey basis.
Govt. of India works with B-schools for e-Governanace projects
The Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India (GoI), will receive consultancy services from premier management schools like the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon for accessing its e-Governance projects
Orissa Government’s e-Shishu Project wins India-Tech excellence Award
Orissa state is the winner of the 5 India-Tech Excellence Award for being one of the most progressive state government. Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab and West Bengal were short listed from all the case studies received across the the country and on 16 September 2006, these selected states were invited for the final presentation.
Maran urges paper on 16-bit Tamil encoding system
The Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has urged the Tamil Nadu Virtual University to come up with a paper on implementing the newly developed 16-bit encoding system for Tamil language computing by December
Why open standards matter
Sunday April 09, 2006 (08:00 AM GMT) By: Tina Gasperson I think open source software is a good thing, but I've never bought into the religious fundamentalist fervor of a lot of the circles I move in as an IT reporter. Condemning people for not using Linux instead of Windows, and the strong-arm tactics of some proprietary software makers that try to lock people into a certain product, are just two sides of the same coin. But open standards that make real choices possible? Now, that's something I can get behind.
U.S. advised to promote open standards, source, innovation
A business- and university-led public policy group has issued a downloadable 72-page report examining open standards, open source software, and "open innovation." The report concludes that openness should be promoted as a matter of public policy, in order to foster innovation and economic growth in the U.S. and world economies
Technology can add value to political objectives
Lucknow, April 1, TECHNOLOGY usage is about bringing value to political objectives of solving problems of people, said Mr. R Chandrashekhar, joint secretary, ministry of information technology & communication (MIT&C) and in-charge of the National e-Governance (NeGP) project .
