e-governance

31.08.2005 With an aim to popularise rail ticket booking through the Internet, a Parliamentary Committee has asked the Railways to make available more payment options such as cash cards across a well spread out network.

31.08.2005 Over three lakh students of 1,000 government high schools across Karnataka have learnt the basics of computer education under a project called "Mahiti Sindhu."

30.08.2005 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) expects the foundation for the information technology park in Coimbatore to be laid by the year-end.

30.08.2005 In just two months, each of the 12 municipalities, 37 mandals, 705 gram panchayats and 1,200 revenue villages in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh will boast of broadband connectivity, with optical fibre cables (OFC) carrying voice, data and video signals at high speeds.

29.08.2005 As part of the first ‘outcome budget’ , the government has unveiled its plan to establish 60 community information centres in Jammu & Kashmir by October this year.

29.08.2005 The ministry of company affairs (MCA) has initiated the process of digitising all Registrar of Companies (RoC) offices in the country and expects the e-governance project to be in place by March-April 2006.

23.08.2005 At the initiative of the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a project for computerisation of district and subordinate courts in the country.

22.08.2005 At a recent roundtable, government delegates from the Middle East joined tier-one IT vendors to explore how regional authorities are utilising technology to deliver services via the internet in order to improve the overall efficiency of the public sector.

22.08.2005 Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has launched a new and more efficient billing system branded e-Bill, which will allow customers to access information on their account electronically.

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22.08.2005 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has launched online services to rural areas through the Rajiv Internet Village Centres . Under the project, it is proposed to set up 8,618 centres across Andhra Pradesh.

18.08.2005 Premier Ebrahim Rasool said that the South African government should harness information and communications technology (ICT) and place it at the disposal of all the people.

16.08.2005 In an effort to take the benefits of IT to rural areas, Bank of India is launching an e-grama project in Mysore from September 10 2005.

12.08.2005 All land records of Kenya will be computerised soon.To begin with, information from three million land rent payment cards will be captured in a computer by December2005.

11.08.2005 Quality Council of India and STQC Directorate,Department of Information Technolgy announces its workshop on Information Security Management Systems-Transition from BS7799-2 to ISO/IEC 27001 and its relevance to e-governance.

11.08.2005 New Zealand's State Services Minister Trevor Mallard said that the NZ$14 million e-government project would improve collaboration between government agencies and reduce unnecessary costs and duplication of effort.

10.08.2005 The Indian Railways will launch the e-ticketing scheme from August 12. To start with, it will be available for trains New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express (2005/2011) and Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi Express (2006/2012).

10.08.2005 The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has recently announced the rollout of IT-enabled governance `ePANCHAYAT' in 475 major gram panchayats across Andhra Pradesh.

09.08.2005 Computerisation of all police stations in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh is nearing completion and the E-Cops network will start functioning in a month, ensuring effective policing.

08.08.2005 Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, speaker in Majlis, said that he inspected the progress made on the Foreign Ministry's information and communication technology (ICT) development projects.