Popularity of e-services like online Aadhaar identification and e-payment of water and electricity bills has reached a sizable audience in the State ever since they were introduced. In 2015 itself, the number of registrations for these government e-services has grossed 60 lakh in the State. Currently there are over 7,000 centres in the State for…
The Narendra Modi-led government is looking to empanel five consultancies to help it implement the prime minister’s ambitious ‘Digital India’ programme that was launched earlier this month, a tender issued by the National e-Governance Division shows. The consultancies will work on technology and programme management for the initiative at the national level. “To meet the…
Bangalore is the second-largest IT cluster in the world after Silicon Valley, says Srivatsa Krishna, secretary – IT, Biotech, e-governance Karnataka government, implying that the comparison with Hyderabad is unwarranted. In a bid to justify his point further, he says: “Hyderabad took eight years to fructify MoU with Google.” Moreover, he adds that Bangalore now…
The Delhi government was working towards encouraging use of m-governance and e-governance to eliminate corruption and red-tapism from the system, stated Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi, while addressing an interactive session on ‘Delhi 2020 – A Smart Place to Live, Work and Do Business’. Manish Sisodia today assured the industry…
Delhi government is working towards encouraging use of mobile and e-governance to eliminate corruption and red tapism from the system, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said. Sisodia, also the Finance Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP dispensation was addressing an interactive session on ‘Delhi 2020 – A Smart Place to Live, Work and Do…
At the click of a mouse, devotees can make payments for ‘sevas’ at 11 major temples owned by the Muzrai Department in Karnataka. Devotees can log on to www.bangaloreone.gov.in and book temple services online. The Endowment Department, in association with e-Governance Department introduced a novel beneficial initiative for temple devotees of the State. Devotees can…
5807 gram panchayaths, including block headquarters in Karnataka, would be getting rural broadband optical fiber connectivity under the ‘Digital India’- BharatNet fiber project by Bharath Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), Bengaluru by this year end. BharatNet fiber is a centre -state collaborative project of BBNL to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-governance, e-banking and…
We are all aware about the emphasis being laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on National e-governance plan. Accordingly, the much ambitious ‘Digital India’ programme is scheduled to be launched by the PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday, July 1, in New Delhi at 4 PM. Having said this, top industrialists and businessmen will be sharing…
Congress led UDF government In Kerala will launch a slew of e-Governance initiatives which includes e-KYC for Aadhaar Project, Citizen Portal for e-Office Project, and e-Learning Portal as part Digital India programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 1. State Minister for Industries and IT P K Kunhalikutty would launch the programmes at…
The government will provide WiFi connectivity at public places in 100 panchayats in the state, Industries and Information Technology Minister P K Kunhalikutty has said. “The government has embarked on the second phase of the digital literacy programme, which would see more e-governance applications and mobile services,” the Minister said after inaugurating a seminar on…