policy initiatives in ICT

27.04.2006 Administrators of Gakoni and Kiramuruzi sector in Gatsibo District want the government to set up an ICT centre at Gakoni Pyrotechnic School, to benefit both students and residents.

27.04.2006 TRAI released a Consultation Paper on Issues relating to Commercial Tariff. This Consultation Paper by TRAI deals with the issue of commercial tariff for broadcasting and cable television services.

25.04.2006 A new study by Uganda's telecommunications regulator has showed that 46% of Ugandans in the capital, Kampala and three major towns use the Internet.

21.04.2006 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that Kerala had the potential to emerge as the `knowledge hub' of the nation if the people of the State were to give the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) another term in office to continue the development initiatives it had undertaken during the last five years.

18.04.2006 What can ICT bring for the inhabitants of 600,000 Indian villages? How India is empowering the poor and marginalised citizens to participate in the emerging knowledge society? How will India provide voice to her millions of citizens? ‘Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges”, attempts at answering such questions and exploring the complex interactions between ICT and society. more...

13.04.2006 As the political cauldron in Delhi braces for a fresh bout of churning on reservations that threatens to reignite old animosities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today came out with a fervent advocacy for the ideal of ‘‘consensus’’—but stressing at the same time that ‘‘no democratically elected Government can ignore the interests of the silent majority.’’

12.04.2006 If you want to register a domain name with a Ugandan country code, .ug, the man to speak to is Charles Musisi, an Internet entrepreneur who has managed the country's domain names over the past decade.

12.04.2006 In what would be a major boost to the viability of private FM radio stations across the country, the I&B ministry is likely to allow news and current affairs programming on private FM radio. This could be implemented before September when new stations under phase-II go on air, industry sources told FE.

12.04.2006 Software association Nasscom today said that the recent changes in the UK law to protect the interests of workers in outsourcing contracts, is unlikely to have an adverse impact on Indian businesses.

12.04.2006 Union Ministry of Urban Development Jaipal Reddy, on 30 December, inaugurated the website of the Global Network on Local Governance (GNLG) at a function organized by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.

12.04.2006 RA Province plans to go high tech with the development of e-Ra strategy within the next three years.

07.04.2006 As part of the Duty to Publish (DTP) campaign, CCS sent suggestions to the Administrative Reforms Commission via its RTI (Right to Information) Questionnaire and the Central Chief Information Commissioner's Annual Report for a stronger RTI Act.

07.04.2006 The Central Information Commission has directed Joint Commissioner (Vigilance) of Delhi Police A K Sinha to furnish to an advocate certain details of the inquiry conducted in a criminal case.

07.04.2006 Today, an independent Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health presents its report to the World Health Organization.

07.04.2006 The General Assembly of the United Nations in New York yesterday endorsed the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which concluded in Tunisia last November.

05.04.2006 Under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) , the Government has almost doubled its allocation for the information, communications and technology (ICT) sector to RM13 billion from RM7.8 billion previously.