To reduce queue at ticket counters, Kolkata Metro Railway on Thursday said they will introduce user-operated automatic smart card recharge machine at all stations by the end of this year. Last month, two such recharge machines were installed near the ticket counter at Park Street Metro station on an experimental basis. "Since the system has become very popular with passenge
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with the e-extension centre of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), launched the advancing agricultural practice portal `advanceagripractice.in` for the ICICI Knowledge Park (IKP), at Centre for Advancement in Agricultural Practice (ICAAP), a subsidiary of IKP Trust, in Chennai on Wednesday. It aims to impro
Delhi government is losing out large amount of money due to incomplete computerisation of its motor vehicle department and failure to formulate a policy on fancy numbers, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said. In its audit report for the year 2010-11, the CAG said the Delhi government could not implement `Vahan` and `Sarathi` applications developed by National Informatics Centre
The website of state-run telecom company MTNL was disrupted by a hacking group on Wednesday to protest against "censorship" of the internet. MTNL`s corporate website could not be accessed, following the attack since afternoon and officials said efforts were underway to restore it. However, its individual city-specific websites (for Delhi and Mumbai) were working.
The government on Wednesday said it expects that by December this year all its websites will move to the latest format of Internet addressing system -- IPv6. Every device on the computer network is assigned an internet protocol (IP) address, which is a numerical address that is its identity and forms the basis of Internet communication. At present, the websites run on IPv4. &quo
The Delhi High Court today sought responses of the Centre, Facebook India and Google India on a plea by former BJP ideologue K N Govindacharya for recovery of taxes on their income from operations in India. "Issue notice to the respondents. The Centre is to file its reply within four weeks," a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajiv Shakdher said. Govindacharya, prese
Modern retailers in India are estimated to invest Rs 13,668 crore by 2017 to deploy technology solutions at stores for cost control, opportunity assessment and risk minimisation, according to a survey. According to a survey by Retailers Association of India (RAI) and market insight firm Nielsen, while a cumulative number is not available for the sector at present, on an average a retail
IT services major Accenture on Tuesday said it has been selected by the department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) to review investment proposals from global technology providers and investors interested in building semiconductor fabrication units (fabs) in India. As part of the engagement, Accenture will work in two phases to help the government assess companies inter
In a major step torwards delivery of government services, Kerala Government would bring a legislation on Right to Service in the assembly session starting on June 13, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here today. Addressing a meeting organised in connection with the first anniversary of the Congress led UDF Government, he said Right to Services Act would ensure prompt and speedy
The specifications for revised version of the world`s cheapest tablet PC - Aakash 2 will be finalised by month-end, Union Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said. "During the course of this month, we will finalise the specifications and technology for the Aakash project and move forward with its manufacturing," Sibal said at an event over the weekend here.
The Power Ministry has received as many as 14 proposals from various states for smart grid projects that are to be implemented with a total outlay of Rs 400 crore. Smart grid projects, primarily aimed at bringing down power transmission and distribution losses, would be carried out on pilot basis. Various states have submitted about 14 proposals for smart grid proj
The department of telecom (DoT) has directed telecom service providers to keep Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) cells, which monitor telecom companies and their network, informed about their intra-circle roaming arrangements. "Respective TERM cells of DoT should be informed about intra-circle roaming (ICR) arrangement entered into by the licencee either as an ICR
The internet traffic is growing and so is hacking: over 10,000 Indian websites including those of the government were hacked in 2011. Moreover, there are instances of leakage of confidential data. Keeping tabs on the content circulating within and across organisations has become even more difficult with the rising usage of social media website. Atul Khatavkar, vice-president - IT governance, ri
The government has decided to set up a common facilitation centre in each district to provide information about progress of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). The modification in the MPLADS guidelines, to provide funds for setting up such centres was approved by Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation Srikant Kumar Jena, an offi
The `one-nation-one-number` provision, which exempts users from paying roaming charges under the National Telecom Policy 2012, will not be applicable in areas like Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast where Home Ministry has imposed restrictions on providing roaming facilities to pre-paid mobile subscribers. In a slew of objections over the NTP-12, which was passed by the Union Ca
India may have low penetration of computers, but it is ahead of countries like US, Japan and Singapore when it comes to basic PC protection, says a report by security software maker McAfee. It conducted a global study across 24 nations, analysing data from voluntary scans of an average of 27-28 million PCs per month to determine a global estimate of the number of consumers who ha
As part of e-governance initiatives, RBI has implemented an application tracking system (ATS) in foreign exchange department which enables customers to file application and later check its status online. The Foreign Exchange Department of RBI deals with foreign exchange requirement applications related with foreign investment in India, Indian investment abroad, exports, imports,
The Finance Ministry has opposed subsidy of over Rs 5,800 crore to BSNL for providing telecom services in naxal-affected areas, saying that the operator was not selected through a tender process and the demand was several times the current incentives. DoT has sought approval from the Cabinet to Rs 5,809.38 crore subsidy to BSNL from the Universal Obligation Fund (USOF) for commis
In a major benefit to the software sector, the government has decided to do away with complex multi-level system of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) with effect from July 1. "The abolition multi-level TDS for software companies will be effective from July 1. The law ministry is vetting the final blueprints of the amendments in the I-T Act," a finance ministry official told
Microsoft has released the final test version of its next-generation Windows software crafted to power devices ranging from tablets to desktop computers. "We`re thrilled to be at this milestone with the Windows 8 Release Preview," said Windows and Windows Live division president Steven Sinofsky yesterday. The nearly finished Windows 8 software was availab
