Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday launched an exhaustive website of the Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL), making information about the premier cultural institution of the state a click away. Available at www.jkculture.nic.in, the website gives a comprehensive view of the Academy`s objectives, activities, schemes, rules, structure, besides the rich re
Giving an insight into privacy perceptions in India in the wake of huge development in the IT sector, one of the first studies on the subject says a majority of people are ignorant about various privacy issues related to the Internet and online social media, including Facebook. "About 75 per cent of the participants had never read the privacy policy on any website that they interac
Communication and IT minister Kapil Sibal stressed the need for India to manufacture low cost devices rather than import them to provide the real digital inclusion in India. “India should be known not only for its software development but also for its design and manufacturing abilities,” said Sibal. He was speaking in the 9th National Summit on Digital Society organised by Assocham
An alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Ram Sewak Sharma is a 1978 batch Indian administrative service officer belonging to Jharkhand cadre. Sharma is praised for laying down IT infrastructure in Jharkhand. In his role as the director general of unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) Sharma is chauffeuring ‘Aadhaar-enabled service delivery’ which would result in saving huge financial re
Over 1,600 people were arrested for cyber crimes registered under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and under sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 2011, the government on Friday said. "As per the crime data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 154, 178, 288, 799 and 1,184 persons were arrested for cyber crimes registered under IT Act, 2000 during 2007
The Corporate Affairs Ministry on Thursday said the next phase of its e-governance initiative, MCA21, would provide additional infrastructure as well as cover official liquidators` offices, among others. MCA21 covers all aspects of incorporation and regulation of entities as defined under the Companies Act and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act. The project is basically aimed at im
Within days of Election Commission issuing direction in the direct cash transfer scheme, the government on Thursday said it will be implemented in 43 districts, as against 51 announced earlier. "As Aadhaar numbers are in the process of being issued, Aadhar enabled direct cash transfer is being implemented in a phase wise manner beginning with 43 districts from January 1, 2013,"
The deadline of direct cash transfer scheme is approaching fast and the government of India is trying hard to make sure that financial institutions reach to the last person in the country. In the light of this idea, the Common Service Centre e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV), an initiative of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY) conducted a worksh
The government on Wednesday said there is no proposal to set up a dedicated cyber surveillance agency for monitoring "malicious content" on the web and social media networks. "There is no proposal with the Government...The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 has adequate provisions to deal with such situations," Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind De
CERT-In, the government`s cyber security arm, has partnered various electronic device makers to provide consumers tips on how secure their gadgets against cyber attacks. Apart from its website `www.secureyourpc.in`, CERT-In will host another website to offer similar help for electronics, especially mobile phones and tablet PCs. "CERT-In already runs `Secureyourpc.in`. From
The final arguments in the multi-crore accounting "fraud" in Satyam Computers commenced on Wednesday in a local court with the prosecution starting its arguments in the case. CBI Special Public Prosecutor K Surendra, who began the arguments gave a broad outline of the "modus operandi" adopted by prime accused and former company chairman B Ramalinga Raju and nine othe
Impressed with state government`s scheme of providing free laptops and tablet computers to youths, other states have now started following the Uttar Pradesh model by making similar announcements, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said. "Other states are now emulating (the) Uttar Pradesh (model) and announcing that they will distribute free laptops and computer tablets to y
Government has received penalty of about Rs 5.7 crore imposed on Reliance Communications (RCom) and its subsidiary Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) for switching off USO Fund-supported mobile towers leading to interruption in mobile services. "A financial penalty of Rs 4,63,22,000 has been imposed and recovered from RCom and Rs 1,07,67,500 from RTL for the period of interruption in mobil
The government on Wednesday said the erstwhile VSNL, now Tata Communications, has over 740 acres of surplus land valued at Rs 6,156.58 crore but the revenue it will get from the proposed sale will depend upon the market conditions. The government in July had approved the demerger of surplus VSNL land into a separate company. "Erstwhile VSNL has 740.63 acres of surplus land
Government on Wednesday said state-run BSNL and MTNL suffered losses to the tune of Rs 12,960 crore in 2011-12 as a result of stiff competition in mobile sector, high staff cost and payment of spectrum charges. "The loss of BSNL during 2011-12 stood at Rs 8,851 crore and MTNL at Rs 4,109 crore," Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora said
The recently developed Aakash-2 tablet is for the purpose of testing and empowerment of teachers and there is no proposal to provide these to students from poor and rural backgrounds, the government told Lok Sabha today. In a written reply, Union Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju said, "Presently there is no proposal in this regard... In the first phase one lakh t
Government is planning to roll out a couple of e-governance schemes by March including an e-literacy pilot project in 100 locations and electronic delivery of all citizen services in 50 districts. In a recent review meeting held by IT Minister Kapil Sibal and Minister of State for IT Kruparani Killi, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology presented the agenda for the n
The Centre has asked states to avail financial help to install GPS devices in trucks carrying foodgrain for PDS, after the success of a pilot project in this regard in Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh. Installing Global Positioning System (GPS) was taken up for implementation in 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) on a pilot basis in Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh for tracking movement of vehicles
Government is likely to launch a pilot project to test a new technology that helps locate lost or cloned mobile phones on real time basis. The Department of Telecom (DoT) plans to use the technology developed by Telecordia to locate mobile phones in real time, sources said. Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar has asked DoT officials to work on the proposal made by MNP Interconnec
To ensure that mobile operators meet quality of service benchmark for wireless data, telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday asked them to put in place a test set-up comprising of servers and test probes covering their entire service area for different data services. "Trai had mandated every cellular mobile service provider to set up a test set up comprising of servers and test probes to
