The government is finalising the contours of an ambitious project to introduce egovernance in debt recovery tribunals, which could help staterun banks recover a sizeable part of the Rs 3.7-lakh crore worth of bad loans. The ‘e-DRT project’ will allow banks and financial institutions to efficiently manage case records, track cases online and access accurate…
BangaloreOne (B1) centres across the City are having a tough time catering to people, what with too many services they have to provide. And people have started complaining about inefficient service and delays. Ayesha B, a resident of HBR Layout, said: “BBMP ward officers asked me to apply for an Aadhaar card at the BangaloreOne centre…
In an area where terrains and forests make delivery of government schemes a big challenge, an e-governance concept of Common Service Centre (CSC), being implemented in Balrampur district in North Chhattisgarh, has not just improved services but also generated village level entrepreneurs (VLE). The administration has named the e-governance project ‘Biometricpur’ as it is implementing…
The state government’s expenditure is on the rise vis-a-vis income, forcing it to cut corners by going slow on recruitments and focusing more on e-governance. According to a circular, the government speech and white-paper of the finance department show that expenses, particularly on salary, are on the rise compared to revenue. “This is not an…
The Telangana Government is in the process of developing tools to make governance accessible through mobile platforms. “We are trying to provide mobile interface to our Mee Seva (e-governance initiative). We will bring all our services on to the mobile platform. We will release mobile apps in the next four years,” Telangana IT Minister K…
One-day sensitization workshop on Innovative Best Practices in e-Governance of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) was conducted under the aegis of “Capacity Building” Programmes of Mission Mode Projects of State Governments and Government of India. The workshop was organized by the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems (CIPS), Hyderabad in association with J&K Institute of Management,…
Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy-information technology on three key vision areas of ‘Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen’, ‘Governance and Services on Demand’ and ‘Digital Empowerment of Citizens.’ To prepare the northeastern states in this regard, the…
Minister for Information Technology, Youth Services and Sports Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari has said that significant progress in the field of core IT infrastructure has been made, adding that State Data Centre is fully functional. He said 5 State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) services have already been launched and touched the mandated number (1109) of…
The excise and taxation department of UT administration has come up with e-registration for the taxpayer identification number (TIN) under the Value Added Tax and Central Sales Tax Act. It is part of the Commercial Tax-Mission Mode Project under the aegis of the Central government for efficient delivery of services to the business community. On…
After having worked as a labourer at a construction site and in agriculture fields, life of two girls from a rural area in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh took a major turn when a common service centre owner and software professional Tanuja Raichuria picked them up to work for an e-governance project at Common Service Center…