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Government To Resurrect Project e-Bharat – Will The Renewed Focus See Any Success?
Government has been trying hard through its various e-Governance initiatives to hasten the execution of its policy decisions with proper transparency. The recent initiative like UID (Unique Identification) was a step in that direction so as to conjure ’e-Governance’ in India.
Business Standard reports that the government has resurrected talk on ‘e-Bharat’ a dying project at initial stage with World [...]
Indian Government Sites Not Yet Fully Disabled-friendly – Now Who Will Take This Up?
The Indian Government passed the Disability Act in 1995, which among other things mandates that public information should also be provided in a disabled-friendly format to those Indian citizens who might have a need for it. With increasing proliferation of the Internet, electronic accessibility of information has become extremely crucial. In February this year, the [...]
Rural Areas To Get Subsidized Internet by The Indian Government
Nearly five years after undertaking the National e Governance Project (NeGP), the Indian government has missed many of its targets it set for itself. Major reason for this is cited as the lack of Internet connectivity, primarily in the rural areas. It is for this reason that the Government of India is planning to subsidize the setting up of broadband Internet facilities in the rural areas.
IT Department To Host Government Orders Online
In another step towards e-govrenance, the Department of Information technology, Government of India has decided to host all the government orders issued online. Business Standard reports that various departments issuing Government Orders will be sent to the Information technology and Communication department for allotment of a number.
All Government Orders issued after Februrary 2008 [...]