CPI(M) in Kerala today asked Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to clarify whether it was with his consent that the state police allegedly drew up a plan to gather e-mail details of several Muslim leaders, as reported by a Malayalam publication. "The Chief Minister should give a rational explanation on this. He should clarify whether police had his consent before allegedly drawing
With a spurt in incidents of cyber crime and lack of technical expertise to solve them, Haryana Police will hold a special training for police officers on information technology. DGP Ranjiv Singh Dalal has directed all the Superintendents of Police (SPs) to organise special programmes at regular intervals to train the police officers on information technology, officials said toda
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today handed over to villagers of Prothrapur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands the first lot of resident identity cards having their details in microchips, an initiative aimed at boosting maritime security. The first card was given to a woman named Bhoolaxmi. These smart cards are part of the Centre`s ambitious National Population Reg
At a time when Home Ministry and Planning Commission are at loggerheads over carrying out bio-metric collections for the Unique Identification Number project, BJP today demanded that the mandate of the UIDAI`s ambitious scheme should not be extended without addressing national security concerns. However, the party said by raising security concerns over the UID project, it was not
The Home Ministry and Planning Commission have locked horns in a big battle over which organisation will carry out the bio-metric collections for the ambitious Unique Identification Number project. While Home Minister P Chidambaram has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking an early meeting of Cabinet to take a "final decision", the Home Secretary R K
The total cost of allocating unique identification numbers to the 1.2 billion population in the country may not cross Rs 18,000 crore, Aadhaar Project Mission Director Ram Sewak Sharma today said. "... The de-duplication work has been brought down to just Rs 2.75 per person and the entire outsourcing work will cost Rs 50 per citizen. The total cost may run up to Rs 150 per p
The national institute for smart government (NISG), envisioned as a prime mover of e-governance, is facing an identity crisis. Is it a private organision or a governmental one? Its equity has in effect more funds from the government, but it remains a private entity. That, however, has not stopped itself from depending on the government – for business or for grants. The idea of cre
In a blow to online inmate surveillance across Jharkhand, Jharkhand Agency for Promotion of Information Technology (JAPIT) has decided to end its partnership with the department of prisons, citing lack of adequate support. According to a report by Calcutta`s Telegraph, a written message has
The government has said it will require an additional 22 crore units of the world`s cheapest tablet Aakash to move a step further in its endeavour to merge education with information technology. "Initially, we bought one lakh Aakash tablets but we need 22 crore more tablets in the coming years as per the Ministry of Human Resource," Additional Secretary, HRD Ministry, N
Google, Facebook and 19 other social networking sites faced legal action for offences of promoting enmity between classes after the Government granted sanction to prosecute them. The Government on Friday told a Delhi court there is sufficient material to proceed against the 21 social networking sites which included Yahoo and Microsoft for offences of promoting enmity between clas
Move is afoot to appoint the 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Ajit M Sharan as Additional Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India. The post is lying vacant since transfer of Shankar Agarwal to the Defence Ministry last month. A Bachelor of Technology graduate from IIT Delhi in Electronics, Ajit has also done MBA from Louisiana State University besides a Ma
The Central Vigilance Commission has asked government departments to ensure security of e-procurement system to ensure transparency and plug-in loopholes to check corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also asked all central government departments and public sector enterprises among others to get a safety certificate from the Department of Information Technology (DIT) in th
As part of encouraging departments striving to streamline operations using e-governance, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced the "Chief Minister`s Award for Excellence in e-Governance for Government departments". The award would come with a trophy of Rs 30,000, a State Government release here said. Besides this award, the State Government also
Karnataka government has set up a task force for outlining a policy on geo-spatial governance to achieve goals of coordinated planning, effective governance and public welfare. "We have set up a task force for shaping a policy on geo-spatial governance, which will bring in transparency and accountability in governance. There will be no cases of cheating and bluffing in any d
The government has formed a special purpose vehicle, Rajiv Gandhi National Information Super-Highway (RAJNISH), for setting up the national optical fibre network in the country. "The government has set up a special purpose vehicle to carry out the work of national optical fibre network in the country. The name of the new company is Rajiv Gandhi National Information Super-Hig
Aiming to facilitate smooth ticketing service for defence personnel posted in remote places, Army on Wednesday launched a web portal for booking their travel tickets online and through telephone. Launching the service, Army Chief General V K Singh said the web portal will make the task of booking e-tickets better for soldiers posted in far away places. "It wil
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Manohar on Wednesday launched a website of the State legislature with a view to provide information about Government schemes and the House`s proceedings in a transparent manner. The website, www.aplegislature.org, would help the legislators get constituency-wise information, he said. Manohar was addressing a group of legislators at
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to city police on petitions filed by Facebook India and Google India challenging the trial court order which had summoned them and other websites to face a criminal case for allegedly webcasting objectionable content. Justice Suresh Kait sought reply from Delhi Police on a plea by Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd and Google In
Describing the process of preparing all-purpose Aadhar identity cards as illegal, a PIL filed in the Madras High Court has sought to scrap the project, saying personal and biometric details of citizens are being collected without the permission of Parliament. When the petition filed by S Raju of Vriddhachalam in Cuddalore district came up for admission today, the first bench comp
Software industry body Nasscom on Monday said it has partnered with the Haryana government and the academia to work together on increasing the level of local employment in the IT-BPO sector. Nasscom`s Regional Council (Haryana) organised an awareness workshop on the BPO industry for the government colleges in Haryana, which saw participation from about 25 institutions.
