The finance ministry has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to submit a roadmap and timeline for implementation of `one nation-free roaming`, which allows mobile phone subscribers to use same number across country without having to pay extra charges. "DoT has been requested to indicate the roadmap and timeline for implementation of the decision regarding `one nation-free roaming
To promote electronic payments, the government has asked banks to reduce cheque-based transactions by at least 20 per cent through identified branches in 2012-13. The finance ministry has directed banks to ensure that e-payment mode gets the attention it deserves, sources said. "It is considered imperative for banks to take six minimum steps, including identification of top
Government on Thursday launched a search engine that will help people to search tourism related information on the internet in five different Indian languages. The search engine, Sandhan, was launched by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) Secretary J Satyanarayana in New Delhi. "This will fill the wide gap that exists in fulfilling the
In a bid to curtail any violence that might erupt due to the controversial film on Islam, Jammu and Kashmir Government directed internet and telecom service providers on Thursday to take all possible measures, which include blocking the websites ‘Youtube’ and ‘Facebook’, to ensure that the fil is not accessible to internet users in the state. The orde
Haryana Police signed a contract with consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday for setting up a State Project Management Unit (SPMU) to implement Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). CCTNS is a project of Union Home Ministry The total project value of SPMU would be Rs 3.2 crore
The government said on Thursday that the National Policy on Information Technology 2012 has been approved by Cabinet. The policy aims to use information and communications technology effectively for nation`s development. "The Cabinet has recently approved the National Policy on Information Technology 2012," Ministry of Communications and Information said in an official
“We need to protect the functionality of the internet so that the cyber space is not misused,” said Mr. Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to UN Secretary General on Internet Governance and Former Chairman of Multistakeholder Advisory Group for Internet Governance Forum. He stated that the world is facing a situation where Internet is threatening the security of nations and thus a regulat
A 54 year old businessman, Prasanna Kumar Jena has filed a case against an e-procurement company called tendertiger.com for allegedly providing him information for a tender that did not exist and demanded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh. This is the first case that has been filed under the Information Technology (IT) Act since its inception. The company provides alerts for tenders to its consumers.
Delhi Assembly will telecast the proceedings of the house live through its official website following the directions of Central Information Commission (CIC). If the decision to telecast the proceedings live is taken forward finally, it will make Delhi the first state in India which streams the proceedings of the house live on the website. The Assembly Secretariat has written to National
Jammu and Kashmir government today asked the Cyber Law Division of the Union Information Technology Ministry today to block over a dozen website links carrying the anti-Islam video which had sparked protests all over the world, including Kashmir. "Some of the URLs have already been blocked but few are still accessible on the Internet," official sources told the Pioneer
An Inter-Ministerial group on Internet governance will shortly be set up, a government official said on Wednesday. It will comprise of all concerned ministries and will also include the department of Telecommunications. "We are forming an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) so that all concerned to Internet governance views are taken and a consensus can be made up...it will be fo
A rehashed version of the world’s cheapest tablet is going to be launched in the market in October 2012. It is priced at only Rs 1,960 or $35, a price not many people will relate to an electronic device. Akash 2 has got much better reviews than the initial version of the tablet. There were only 8,000 of the former 100,000 units shipped of Akash 1. Vivek
National policy on information technology, which aims at making at least one individual in every household e-literate, has been approved by the government, said DeitY secretary J Satyanarayana on Tuesday. "The IT policy has been cleared by the government of India recently and the policy addresses number of issues regarding the development of the ICT sector and using it for the grow
Registration for 15 electronic products has been made mandatory by the government to ensure safety standards. The products include video games, laptops and microwave ovens, plasma/LCD/LED television, printers and scanners, electronic musical system among other things. "The department of electronics and IT (DeitY) has issued the electronics and information technology goods (requireme
The 6 cylinder limit on LPG cylinders is a part of linking the distribution of LPG with Aadhar numbers. The number will be used to authenticate LPG customers who will be trading with three state oil companies. The pilot programs for such a project are going on in different parts of the country; Mysore was chosen to test a system where small point of sale machines could be used to test
The Kerala state health department is planning to create a system to record the medical data of the people electronically. This data will be available to be accessed by doctors across the state on the production of the Aadhaar card. Kerala expects to cover everyone under the unique identification scheme by March 2013. The proposal, costing Rs 90 Cr has been submitted to the government for appro
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is all set to make the tax system easier to understand. The corporation is developing software by which the citizens will be able to directly access the data with BMC. The BMC has the details and codes of every property used to calculate the property tax according to the capital value. In May this year, new taxation proposal was cleared by the
The government of India presents national awards on e-governance every year to promote and recognize excellence in implementation of e-governance initiatives. Nominations for the awards are invited from central ministries and departments, states/union territories, districts, local bodies, PSUs, civil society organizations, and industries in categories such as excellence in government pr
IT firm NIIT Technologies has chosen satellite service operator Hughes Communications India (HCI) to connect police stations in Jharkhand under the crime and criminal tracking network system(CCTNS), according to a communication by HCI today. "The equipment order value is Rs 1.67 crore with a 4 Mbps recurring bandwidth requirement. The project will link the State and National Crime
