e-governance

27.10.2005 Workers having problems with their employers will soon be able to complain to Dubai Police any time of the day or night by calling the 24-hour hotline number at Dubai Police Operations Room.

27.10.2005 This theme shall serve as an objective for a seminar uniting a group of experts of the two rivers of the Mediterranean, through French Commission for UNESCO, which is to be held on 27 and 28 October 2005 in Paris.

26.10.2005 Fresh doubts have arisen over the progress of an empowerment charter for the ICT industry, since the empowerment charter steering committee, South Africa appears to have no leader.

25.10.2005 Foreign experts at a session titled 'Internet Governance and Telecom Regulation' urged the Bangladesh government, civil society and the business community to work together to provide Internet facilities to every person of the country.

25.10.2005 The expansion of Information Communication Technology (ICT) would be strengthened in Amhara State during the current year, the State Capacity Building Bureau Ethopia said.

25.10.2005 To provide Internet connectivity for air travellers who carry their laptops while on travel, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, launched Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) facility at the Coimbatore airport.

24.10.2005 Beginning next year, the Ministry of Interior, UAE will start issuing electronic passports — a move that is the first of its kind in the region.

24.10.2005 The Janata Party’s city chief Ajay Jagga said in the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh,administration was hesitant in implementing the Right to Information Act in its true spirit.

21.10.2005 Several Government departments and agencies are yet to take steps for the implementation of the Central Right to Information Act in the state of Kerala despite a series of Cabinet decisions.

21.10.2005 Mumbai-based player in the e-governance domain, ABM Knowledgeware Ltd, has informed that the company has been empanelled with National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG), Hyderabad, recently.

20.10.2005 After the overwhelming success of the eGate project in Dubai facilitating smooth processing of travel formalities besides ensuring tighter security control, the Minister of Interior, Lieutenant-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan has directed that the project be implemented at all the airports and ports in the country.

20.10.2005 The Delhi Cabinet has cleared the introduction of an e-procurement system for acquisition of goods and services, particularly for a department like the Public Works Department(PWD).

20.10.2005 The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, will organise its eighth national convention in Punjab on the theme “Impact of technology on societal living” at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College (BBSBEC), here from 21 to 23 October,2005.

20.10.2005 The Cabinet fixed the fees payable for obtaining information under the Central Right to Information Act from Government departments and agencies.

19.10.2005 Standardisation and localisation in implementing the e-government policies is called for due to the economic diversity existing in different regions in India

19.10.2005 India has stepped into the latest technology of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) for disaster management, which would help scientists predict the gravity of natural calamities like floods and sea-surging activities.

19.10.2005 Civil Society groups have urged the Orissa Government to make appropriate modifications in the Right to Information rules to make the RTI Act effective and user-friendly.

18.10.2005 The State Bank of Travancore which recently networked all its 672 branches with Core Banking Solutions, has launched the facility of e-payment of Central Excise and Service Taxes through its internet banking facility.

18.10.2005 A Legal Information Centre opened on 7 October at the Association of Indigenous People of the North of the Russian Federation in Moscow, under the aegis of the National Committee of Russia of UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).

18.10.2005 Armed with the new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) advanced system, Sharjah Municipality inspectors are all set to conduct their examinations of various outlets selling food including supermarkets, restaurants and groceries to safeguard the health of consumers.