e-governance

30.01.2006 The minister of industries in Tamil Nadu, Nainar Nagendran inaugurated the state government’s multimedia campaign to popularize schemes of the state government.

30.01.2006 Bahrain will introduce e-voting technology in its next election. Election and referendum director Shaikha Muneera bint Abdulla Al Khalifa described the e-voting in Bahrain as a genuine experiment of democratic transformation to the horizons of the 21st century.

17.01.2006 The traffic police in Bangalore have now started the process of computerising the pre-paid autorickshaw counters so that the autorickshaws can be better monitored. Two of the city's pre-paid autorickshaw counters have been computerised while a third one will be computerised in a week's time.

13.01.2006 It has been 90 days since the Right to Information Act came into force in the country and the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) is working hard to find ways to shroud vital information from public scrutiny.

13.01.2006 IN probably the first incident of its kind since the Right to Information Act came into force here, a lower-division clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Industries was nabbed by the CBI for seeking a Rs 500 bribe to process an RTI application.

13.01.2006 The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stepped up efforts to go in for large scale e-governance with a total investment of Rs 100 crore during next fiscal. However, the corporation, whose annual budget of Rs 8,000 crore is more than that of Kerala as a whole, would spend Rs 70 crore for the same purpose in the current fiscal.

13.01.2006 The e-governance market in India is poised for an explosive growth from the present US dollar 693 million to nearly USD 1,300 million by next year.

13.01.2006 The European Union (EU) and China have officially launched in Beijing a four-year, 15.7 mln euro information society project focused on e-government.

10.01.2006 The Delhi Development Authority has initiated five path-breaking steps to make implementation of the Right to Information Act more effective and minimise the inconvenience caused to the public in obtaining information about the status of their various applications and files.

10.01.2006 This report, published by the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses the relationship between trust, ICT and government and outlines the directions along which they bear upon one another.

10.01.2006 Dataquest is organizing the second edition of it's Regional e-Gov Summit. Moving on from the first summit in 2005, the Dataquest e-Governance Summit 2006 will look at how various departments are going about their e-Governance business. Continuing with last year's trend, the conference will focus on presentations that address the key segments for implementing e-governance including best practices and case studies from across India. The theme of this year's Summit is "Digital India: Vision 20:20 for an e-Governed Nation".

09.01.2006 Macedonia needs a strategy if it wants to escape the bottom rankings in the world in terms of internet use, warn the experts. According to recent surveys, full 70% of the population have never used internet services, while mere 6% go online on daily basis.

09.01.2006 One of the critical factors responsible for the slow growth and uptake of e-Government Projects is the lack of champions who have the right skills, knowledge, aptitude and leadership qualities, occupying decision making levels and managerial positions.

06.01.2006 E-government is expected to improve the function of public administration and its relationship to the public. The good news is that information and communication technology (ICT) offers an array of tools to meet the promise of e-government.

06.01.2006 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has underlined the importance of e-governance for all-round development of the State.

05.01.2006 Even after almost three months of implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act the Punjab and Haryana High Court is yet to designate a public information officer to provide information to citizens requesting information under the Act. The appointment of the information officer was mandatory under provisions of the Act.

05.01.2006 Chandigarh Police becomes the first police organisation in India to introduce SMS facility at the police station-level. Through this new service residents can get the status of complaint submitted at the public window and passport application status on their cell-phone.

05.01.2006 The egov Asia 2006, the Asian government conference is being held at Bangkok, Thailand in April 2006. The conference would provide a knowledge-sharing platform and a forum for policymakers, practitioners, industry leaders and academicians of Asia-Pacific nations to carry forward the e-Government vision of the region and consolidate them into actionable program, through collaborative learning and partnerships.

02.01.2006 “I always hear people saying that they first need nutrition. Human beings need two things to survive in this world, food and education. ICTs can help meeting both these needs”, says Walter Fust, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland. He shared his thoughts on governance issues and role of ICTs in development interventions in an exclusive interview with OneWorld South Asia.