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29.07.2005 Evenothough the Union territiory of Punjab is making tremendous progress in the field of information and technolgy, the disparity between the urban and rural areas still continues to be starking.

29.07.2005 People in Ludhiana will now be able to pay their central excise returns or service tax through the system of e-payment,said the Chief Commissioner Central Excise Commissionerate V.K. Garg, at a press conference.

29.07.2005 India’s Silicon Valley, Bangalore, has been chosen as the India headquarters for the United Nations “Global e-school and Communities Initiative” (Gesci), a special campaign to promote the use of technology in education.

28.07.2005 As part of its initiative to ensure that benefits of Information Technology and computer education percolate down to the grassroots, the Delhi Government is all set to launch a Computer Aided Learning (CAL) project in association with Ernst and Young (E&Y), in 200 government-run schools.

28.07.2005 After Bangalore and Hyderabad in South and Gurgaon in North, Union Territory of Chandigarh is heading towards becoming a major Information Technology hub.

25.07.2005 Gandhi Media literacy programme in schools of Punjab will start from this august where the students will be trained to become future ICT (Information and Communication Technology) ambassadors.

25.07.2005 A satellite interactive terminal, (SIT), is installed at Academic Staff College, Punjab University (PU), which establishes universityÂ’s link with the UGC-CEC.

25.07.2005 A toolkit to help policy makers and senior executives in developing countries on how and when to start successfully e-government projects was recently published by UNESCO and IndiaÂ’s National Informatics Centre (NIC).

21.07.2005 The government aims to double tele-density by strengthening the subscriber base to 100 million lines in the next two years.

21.07.2005 The assistance provided by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) has been successfully used for the first time to provide infrastructure in the social sector.

21.07.2005 Joint Collector of Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh, P. Sampath Kumar called upon people to work for eradicating AIDS and building a disease-free society.

20.07.2005 The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has launched an `IT workforce development initiative' to recognise the importance of human resource for the IT industry.

20.07.2005 E-grama centres in Karnataka to provide information about the ongoing programmes of the Union and State governments to villagers so that they can avail themselves of the schemes.

20.07.2005 The Punjab Governor and Administrator of UnionTerritory (UT), Chandigarh, S.F. Rodrigues, called for developing an "IT based online strong Healthcare Network" for a judicious use of resources and establish a strong partnership with the community.

20.07.2005 Bangalore University has introduced an online examination system starting with five correspondence courses for Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR).

20.07.2005 he Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Arjun Singh launched a portal on a wide range of educational supports such as scholarships, fellowships, freeships and educational loans etc. here today. The portal www.educationsupport.nic.in will serve as a ready reference/single window source of information relating to scholarships etc. available in India.

18.07.2005 India's Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram, announced that the Government of India would support the Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre, to the tune of Rs 65,000 million (roughly US $1,500 million).

15.07.2005 Chandigarh wins the best e-governance state award award by the computer Society of India.

14.07.2005 Punjab University (PU) and Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) are soon going to take on the Union Territory AdministrationÂ’s IT Department to put all the university and Board data on their respective websites.

14.07.2005 Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started French language classes which would be aired on weekdays on the Gyanvani channel,the educational channel of IGNOU.