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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.

After the first India UK virtual school there has been plenty of companies who have stepped into the business of e-learning. Few days back IIT lectures and entrance test went online with mock test for entrance test on Tata Indicom Mobiles. Now, MBD Alchemie has partnered with IBM for delivering e-learning courses.
 
 
MBD Alchemie, [...]

In a wonderful step towards including the population at the lower strata of the income, the government of India has announced new a service which will allow them to receive SMS alerts for the food distribution.
 
Under a scheme, the Government of Chhattisgarh plans to provide 35 Kilo of rice per month to each family at [...]