ICT in poverty reduction

28.04.2005 Emergence of the e-governance in India can be traced back to 1970s when National Informatics Centre (NIC), a pioneering institution set up by the Government of India, started networking government departments to exploit their knowledge repository for ensuring good governance.

19.04.2005 Major Indian companies have ventured into rural areas to tap villagers for their services and products through information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet and portals.

15.04.2005 Major Indian companies have ventured into rural areas to tap villagers for their services and products through information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet and portals. This potential of the use of ICTs for developing rural areas has also enthused the government as well as the World Bank, both of which plan to scale up their work in rural areas in India. Rahul Kumar reports from a seminar organised by the Indian corporate sector.

12.04.2005 Murali Shanmugavalen of Panos writes a letter to The Economist over its March 12 article, ‘The real digital divide’, which advocates using mobile phones to bridge the digital divide. Murali argues that the digital divide is not only about online connectivity in rural areas, but is part of an overall development divide. Read The Economist article and Panos' letter.

11.04.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently emphasised the need to replicate innovative experiments by public-private partnership to increase investment in the country’s agricultural sector, while speaking at the Agri Summit 2005 recently.

11.04.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently emphaised the need to replicate innovative experiments by public-private partnership to increase investment in the country’s agricultural sector, while speaking at the Agri Summit 2005 recently.

11.04.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently emphaised the need to replicate innovative experiments by public-private partnership to increase investment in the country’s agricultural sector, while speaking at the Agri Summit 2005 recently.

06.04.2005 A project funded by COL-PROTEIN, the Mobile Internet-Educational Unit on Boats (MIEUB) project in Bangladesh was named a finalist in the 2004 Stockholm Challenge Awards. The prestigious awards recognise organisations and individuals who use ICT to improve living conditions in developing countries. Reports Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha.