Prime minister Narendra Modi proposes to provide a clutch of citizens’ services electronically as part of his government’s efforts to put in place “an effective, accountable and transparent” administration. Committing his regime to ‘good governance’, Modi said his team would make governance simple and effective in a phased manner without putting a huge burden on…
Government plans to have all Cabinet files including Cabinet notes in electronic format from next month. This is being seen as a major step towards creating paperless offices across the board at Centre. “The government’s intention is that from January onwards, we must have all Cabinet files in an e-format. Normally, hard copies of bulky…
With Tamil Nadu government’s push for increased e-governance in the state, Tamil Nadu has secured third slot from last year’s eighth in e-transactions across the country this year. The state also plans to add more than 300 public services to electronic mode soon and also launch 600 additional common services centres in the state. Gujarat…
The NDA government is committed to improve tele-density, voice and broadband penetration and ensure quality of services to both rural and urban areas to achieve the vision of Digital India, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Thursday. “The focus of the department of telecommunications is to create the communication infrastructure for enabling e-services like e-banking, e-commerce,…
To mark the Good Governance Day, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today announced that the limit of postal life insurance has been raised from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, besides launching one-month rental-free MTNL broadband and landline combo plans on new bookings. The 21 schemes he announced also included support for international patent…
Some recent reports are showcasing the future picture of 4G in India and the way it is going to transform the Indian market and consumers. As there are more and more operators who are launching their super-fast 4th generation mobile services in 2015, the 4G subscriber base is likely to cross 10 to 15 million…
The Indian government is undoubtedly driving its ‘Digital India’ program vigorously and making best of its endeavour to achieve it in the shortest possible time. However, there are some critical aspects waiting to be addressed. In Digital India plan, it will be critical to address the demand-side issues, besides building broadband capacity, according to Ulf…
Globally governments have to communicate regularly with citizens. Efficient and effective communication was, is and will remain as one of the key vehicles to achieve good governance for any government. Instruments like drums were a medium that governments used to reach out to people, that have been now replaced by internet and data. The power…
In the coming days, data will be some kind of a Tsunami. It will be everywhere, available on any topic almost round the clock and open to be deciphered. Whether it is at the traffic lights, or on streets, or in the ravines of some terror-hatching nations; technology will take over normal lives and ensure…
Health ministry is planning to release the draft notification of the new healthcare policy next month for stakeholders view. The government is reportedly in the final leg of the much-anticipated draft, which aims at making healthcare far more affordable and accessible to patients across all the spectrum of the society. It is understood that the…