e-District Kerala, the flagship e-Governance project launched in 2013, has crossed a major milestone by processing 2 crore certificates through its online platform. Currently 24 revenue certificate services including income, caste, and possession certificates are offered through more than 1,600 village and taluk offices and 2,500 Akshaya centres across the State. All certificates issued through…
On 19 May 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a consultation paper on free data. This consultation paper comes as a part of a series of consultations which TRAI has been doing since March 2015 around the issue of net neutrality (see here and here). This is an issue which has evoked…
At a time when the governments the world over are struggling to tackle cyber attacks and data breach, India needs to come up with a more comprehensive legal approach and framework to address various issues in cyber space, an expert said here on Friday. “Today, a lot of work in personal, professional, social and governance…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently began the consultation process on whether there could be a carrier-agnostic platform to provide free data to users. In an interview with Pranav Mukul, Trai Chairman RS Sharma said that the regulator was exploring a toll-free number equivalent for data services. Edited excerpts: Trai has already issued…
The government will roll out a new campaign on Monday under which 66 digital vans, equipped with Internet and audio-visual facilities, will go to 657 districts by March 2017 to increase awareness about various e-governance services in rural and semi-urban areas. “The aim is to reach out to more than 10 lakh citizens and register…
Adnan Khan, who runs a dental clinic in Meerut, could not follow up on the status of his Aadhaar card application due to his hectic schedule. After a delay of more than a month, he sought details with the nearest common service centre (CSC), an e-governance delivery centre having basic computing infrastructure, run by the…
Four of five Indians could afford the internet if data costs fell by 66 percent, according to a Facebook-commissioned report on Internet access. But Indian telecom operators already run data services at a 11 percent loss, making cost-cutting difficult. The statistics mean that a data plan currently priced at Rs.100 should not cost more than…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said that in another 10 to 15 years, access to the Internet could be viewed globally as a basic human right. Addressing the 34th annual Jamaica Employers’ Federation Convention at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James last Friday, Holness said that already some countries have started the process,…