People will be able to access public services using their mobile phones following notification of mobile governance framework by the government. This will include applying and making payment for various government services like ration cards, driving licences and obtaining certificates, among others. "...the Government of India has decided to also provision for
About 30 per cent of the large organisations will continue to block employees` access to social media sites by 2014, compared to 50 per cent in 2010, according to technology research firm Gartner. The number of organisations blocking access to all social media is dropping by around 10 per cent a year, it said in a statement. "Even in those organisations that b
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) today decided to allocate 700 Mhz spectrum band for offering fourth-generation or 4G telecom services. "There were about four issues which came up for resolution before the empowered committee and three of them have been resolved fully. Basically the issues were relating to the 700 Mhz band those have been resolved," Telecom Minist
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) would start enrolling 40 crore people for issuance of Aadhaar numbers next month, its Chairman Nandan M Nilekani said on Saturday. "We will restart enrollment of about 40 crore in April", he told reporters here in response to questions. "We will do (enrollment of) about two crore a month". UID
Uttarakhand on friday became the ninth state in the country to launch e-stamping which ensures a secure way of paying non-judicial stamp duty to government. E-stamping is a part of the e-governance initiative introduced by the state finance department in association with the Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. The application was launched by additional chief se
The government is mulling setting up of a National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) for assessing cyber security threat on a real time basis and monitoring of Internet traffic. Recently a high-level meeting was called at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) during which establishment of NCCC was deliberated upon. The meeting, which was attended by offic
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday inaugurated a state-of-the-art studio of the National Informatics Center here, the second in the state. Describing the center as a "major leap" towards adoption of Information Technology in governance, Gehlot also had a video conference with villagers in Kanpura village in Ajmer and discussed the implementation of various
The Income Tax Department has decided to bring its over two-lakh strong staff under biometric monitoring system to ensure strict adherence to working hours. In an ambitious project rolled out by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), I-T`s administrative authority, the department has invited tenders for "purchase, installation and monitoring of biometric based attendance
IT major Wipro is betting big on areas like cloud, analytics and mobility solutions to boost its business in the domestic market, a top company official said. "Over this financial year, especially in the last six months that is between July and December, we are seeing a gentle slowdown in overall procurement...Moving head, we believe that as we get into the next year, we wou
Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Mahender Pratap Singh on Thursday said that about 56 lakh eligible families of the state would be issued Smart Ration Cards under various categories. A Smart Card project, which is a pilot project of the Central Government, has been introduced only in Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, Singh said replying to a calling attention notice su
The Tripura government has no objection to a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the spending of central funds for Aadhaar scheme, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told the Assembly. Replying to a question asked by Leader of Opposition Ratan Lal Nath, Sarkar said the state government had no objection in requesting the CBI to investigate the alleged irregularities in implement
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today launched an online interface of the government aimed at redressing public grievances for effective governance. The Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System has been initiated by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. It is a single window application for online receipt of grievan
Public sector telco Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of its fibre-to-home high speed Internet service. "We believe MTNL`s fibre-to-home initiative would give subscribers limitless possibilities by serving requirements of high bandwidth applications and this would revolutionise the way subscribers work, live and play. It will offer triple-play s
Mobile phones are a powerful tool for social transformation in India and the telecom industry needs to maintain affordable tariffs, but rates will have to be raised if operators are made to pay extra for the spectrum, Bharti group chief Sunil Mittal has said. "We will favour affordable service which should be viable for industry. This has to be balanced," he told PTI at
India`s Chief Election Commissioner has finally "surrendered" to the Twitter. And CEC SY Quraishi says he has to thank the youth of the country and his son for it. Posting his maiden tweet, Quraishi, the head of the Election Commission, wrote, "At last, I have surrendered to twitter! Thanks to my son @mustafaquraishi and the youth of India for inspir
IT giant Microsoft launched on Wednesday the test version of a new generation of Windows operating system, which is designed to run seamlessly on computers and rapidly-growing tablets. "Windows 8 is a generational change in the Windows operating system," said Windows president Steven Sinofsky. "It`s Windows re-imagined," he added, on the sidelin
The Indian government will not challenge the Supreme Court decision to cancel 122 telecom licences issued, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said on Wednesday, but indicated that a limited review of the decision may be sought. "We are not looking at challenging the cancellation of the licences per se," Chandrashekhar told reporters on the sidelines of a Ficci event her
The central bureau of investigation has arrested two persons on the charge of running fake websites in the names of government organizations like `Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Awam Suchna Sansthan` and NREGA Samiti. The agency has registered a case against the duo under sections relating to criminal conspiracy, cheating and other relevant provisions of Information Technology Act and th
After the supreme court’s order to cancel the 2G spectrum licenses awarded in 2008 by former union telecom minister A Raja, the government has decided to complete the whole process of auction, payments, awarding licenses in 400 days time — by May next year. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an industry meet organised by FICCI on Wednesday, R Chand
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) which supports minimum needs of destitutes will be completely restructured and all payments will be done through Aadhar-based system to avoid any delay, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said. "The restructured system will be in place by March 10 this year and it will ensure that each beneficiary under old age, disabilities
