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…
Aadhaar forms the backbone of the current government’s JAM (Jan Dhan frills-free bank accounts, Aadhaar, Mobile phones for transactions) trinity to deliver public services and entitlements such as student scholarships and cooking gas, food and fertiliser subsidies which currently amount to a little less than 2% of India’s GDP. For decades, India has poured many…
On the occasion of Rajasthan’s first IT Day on Monday, the State government launched RajNET — a wide area network connecting the State capital with all 9,894 gram panchayats and 183 municipal areas — to strengthen connectivity and allow the inclusion of remote areas through Information Technology. “Built as a multimode connectivity network (through VSAT…
BENGALURU: Aadhaar enrolment of children below five years of age is expected to get a shot in the arm, as about 2,000 Android based tablets will be acquired by the State for the purpose. The initiative has been taken up after Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) issued directions to speed up the process. Officials…
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Narendra Modi Government with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas: Digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen; Governance and services on demand; Digital empowerment of…
The Centre is committed to addressing the country’s digital divide, and a multi-pronged strategy comprising expansion of internet infrastructure, and training and capacity building, is on to take e-governance to the grassroots. This was observed by Sanjiv Mittal, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, during an interview with The Assam…
In a bid to come out ahead in the digital revolution race, the state government plans to put in place an egovernance structure by 2020. Speaking at Infocom on Saturday, state finance, IT, commerce & industries minister Amit Mitra said that as the first step, the state government is rolling out the optical fibre network…
The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India has started the delivery of public services through mobile platform since July 2011. The following steps have been taken to implement Mobile Governance so far: DeitY has developed and notified the framework for Mobile Governance in February, 2012. DeitY is implementing Mobile Seva project…