In line with its Digital India initiative, the Central government has been setting up future classrooms inside University campuses across the country. The government in a tie-up with some corporate companies, which are funding the programme under their ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ scheme, has taken the initiative to empower the people with digital literacy and vocational…
One of the key facets of the government’s flagship Digital India programme is increasing connectivity in rural areas of the country. The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) programme, which proved to be a laggard in the early days was rebranded by the government as Bharat Net and several new frameworks were developed to ensure the…
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday launched a multi-mode connectivity network connecting Jaipur with all 9,894 gram panchayats and 183 municipal areas in Rajasthan. RajNET facilitates voice, video and data connection, enabling effective delivery of citizen services like Bhamashah, e-Mitra and MNREGS across the state. Raje launched RajNET through video conferencing with interlocutors at eight…
During the year 2014-15, Gujarat Information Commission had fined total 69 government officials or officials of government authorities for their deficiencies in providing information under the provisions of Right to Information Act (RTI). The total amount of such fine slapped on government officials for violation of RTI Act comes around Rs 8.8 lakh. This has…
Net Neutrality is a really stupid, anti-capitalism policy – that outlaws on the Internet several basic, fundamental free market tenets that are in practice in every other sector of a functioning economy. How anti-capitalism? College communications professor and avowed Marxist (please pardon the redundancy) Robert McChesney wrote: “(T)he ultimate goal is to get rid of…