e-governance

29.09.2007 The southern state of Karnataka in India has set up E-Halli centres – an e-governance initiative to provide important information and services in rural areas. The centres will operate from the panchayat premises and will charge a small annual fee.

29.09.2007 India’s first Local Area Portal (LAP) on a parliamentary constituency has been launched by Digital Empowerment Foundation. The idea is to make all data – social, cultural, historical – available to its citizens, including announcements from the local MPs and MLAs. The LAP project plans to represent every electorate cluster in the country.

27.09.2007 The recently concluded Manthan Awards 2007 brought together India’s E-content stakeholders from across the ICT arena, government, civil society, NGOs and industry to discuss the role of e-content for development to empower rural India. The high-profile event was held from September 21- 22 at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.

03.09.2007 A partnership between MTN Business and State Information Technology Agency of South Africa will offer secure mobile and network solutions to government departments. One of the foremost challenges facing government has been to increase the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the country’s rapidly expanding economy.