The Bangalore traffic police is ready to introduce a new website, called "Public Eye" which will enable citizens to upload videos and photographs of any traffic violations that they come across. The new initiative, to be launched in a fortnight, is a website inspired by the response that the traffic police got through their Facebook page. Many people have been posting photogra
The Kerela government has decided to take the e-route to tendering process in the state. All departments and PSUs under the state government will soon switch to the `e-tendering` mechanism for inviting tenders worth above Rs 25 lakh by March 31. The decision to introduce e-tendering mechanism in all government departments, PSUs and boards was taken to ensure more transparency, efficienc
Prepaid and post-paid mobile phone connections will from this weekend be issued only after physical verification of subscribers, with police inquiry against those submitting forged documents. The Department of Telecommunications` tougher guidelines that make telecom operators responsible for any inaccurate information provided by subscribers for both pre-paid and post-paid mobile phone
India, which assumed this month`s rotating Presidency of the Security Council, will showcase its low-cost Aakash tablet at the United Nations, highlighting the country`s innovation involved in the "most competitively priced" tablet computer. India`s Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said a presentation on the tablet will be held on November 28 at the wo
For proper and safe maintenance of records, the Jammu and Kashmir government has formulated a comprehensive plan for computerisation of health institutions in the state. "The state government has formulated a comprehensive plan for computerisation of health institutions in Jammu and Kashmir," Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner Secretary, Health and Medical Education, said
“The number of transactions were 8.25 crore in 30 states which meant 8 crore transactions per month in the country...We plan to make them more than 15 crore by end of March 2013,” said Dr Rajendra Kumar, Joint Secretary, DeitY at the state-level consultative workshop on “Citizen Centric e-Government” in Port Blair, on Friday, November, 2012. “The
The Odisha government today integrated information technology systems of its steel & mines and commercial tax departments to ensure transparency. The lessees and the licensees involved in mining and trading are required to obtain prescribed permits for mining and transport of minerals, Commercial Tax Commissioner Manoj Ahuja said. These entities, wherever statutory provision
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani today said a strategy to tackle corruption at all levels can be effectively and systematically done by use of information technology. "Systemic changes by re-engineering process that interface with the common man through the use of innovative technology solutions will go a long way in addressing the issue of corruption," he said while delivering
With an aim to amplify the mission and message of the National E-governance Plan (NeGP), the consultative meet on e-governance will open in Port Blair on Friday. The Islands Chief Secretary Anand Prakash will inaugurate the meet at Megapode resort. The consultative meet is part of the 50 workshops being organised in all states and Union Territories to amplify the mission and mes
Five government websites, including that of the DRDO`s, which were recently attacked by Algeria-based hackers have been restored by cyber security sleuths, a top official on Thursday said. "Five sites were hacked on the night of October 29 by Algerian hackers. We have restored the websites. Vulnerabilities have been found and we are strengthening these websites," Indian Comput
Even as the government promised transparency in the system through putting every departmental information in the public domain, the departments, including planning commission, are yet to get in action mode. According to Sam Pitroda, adviser to the prime minister on public information, infrastructure and innovations (PIII), line departments and ministries are not coming forward to
Stepping up its drive against corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday launched a special online portal and toll-free number for general public to register their complaints against any corrupt activities. Launching the portal and the toll-free number here, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said the two new features would prove as significant tools to involve general
Television sets without set top boxes (STBs) in hundreds of households across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata went blank as the deadline for switch over to cable TV digitisation ended this midnight. People watching various programmes faced a TV blackout when the clock struck 12. However, in some areas of Kolkata, the television sets without STBs were found to be working. In Mumbai, ne
Yavatmal district administration in Maharashtra has warned of strict action against a private agency which has assigned the enrolment task for `Aadhar` cards. District collector Ashwin Mudgal found many lacunae in implementation of the process at Wadgaon Road Centre after residents complained against the agency of giving them short shrift in registration process. Yavatmal
Adviser to the Indian prime minister on public information infrastructure and innovations and chairman of National Innovation Council, Sam Pitroda, will host the first global press conference on twitter to discuss ‘Global Innovation Roundtable’. The global twitter press conference will be conducted on 2nd November, the concluding day of the Global Innovation Roundtable hosted by the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs has launched a National Transparency Portal for Public Distribution System. The portal has been developed with the objective of providing all PDS related information through a single platform in the public domain. The portal contains information relating to Fair Price Shops (FPSs) and ration cards attached to the FPSs. Information on FCI and Sta
"We have 1.2 billion people and will be largest in terms of population country in the world in years to come. This (cyber crime) affect us perhaps much more than any other country in the world," Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said on sidelines of 3rd Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit. The Minister added that priority for India at present is to protect its infrastructure like
Pesky calls and messages are a menace not only for common people but also for Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, who said that he too is a victim of the unsolicited communications and has discussed these issues with telecom regulator. "Trai is taking it up (pesky calls/SMSes issue). I also face lot of problem. Every two minutes I get such SMS," Sibal told reporters at the Worldwide
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to discuss the contentious issue of spectrum refarming on November 1, sources in Department of Telecom (DoT) said on Tuesday. Refarming calls for existing operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular to give up all their spectrum / airwave holdings in more-efficient 900 mega hertz band when their permits come up for renewal s
