e-governance

29.12.2005 Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited N.R. Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said corruption has become pervasive in institutions in the country and there is a strong incentive for politicians to keep people ignorant and illiterate.

28.12.2005 An updated website, extension of online tax collection system for collection of underground drainage charges and facility to pay taxes through credit cards are among the major highlights of the initiatives undertaken by the Tiruchi Corporation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to extend e-governance system.

20.12.2005 Within few months time, the East Godavari district police in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh would mark its presence in the cyber world. All the modalities right from creating infrastructure to the capacity building of the police staff have been almost completed.

20.12.2005 Innovative projects that drive forward e-planning services that benefit local authorities businesses and individuals will receive a £500,000 boost, e-Govt Minister Jim Fitzpatrick announced today.

20.12.2005 Under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), adopted by the Government of India, comments are being sought from the stakeholders on various aspects of e-governance.

14.12.2005 The challenge before India is how, as we make these technological leaps, do we also telescope social, economic and developmental processes? The transition from a predominantly commodity-based agrarian economy to a knowledge economy is already underway.

05.12.2005 Certain restrictions in the Right to Information Act 2005 can impose limitations for citizens to benefit from this new law.

01.12.2005 The project aims at equipping students to explore the vast potential of the emerging e-learning system.Under the project, each school will be given 150 VCDs containing educational programmes, each with a duration of one hour.