The Planning Commission Saturday said the Nandan Nilekani-led UIDAI project is better than the one being advocated by the Home Ministry for capturing data regarding residents and improving the delivery of the government schemes. "We have suggested that what Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is doing is actually better (than the proposal of issuing smart cards)
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIADI) has launched a micro ATM device that would enable beneficiaries like MG-NREGA workers with Aadhaar to withdraw money near their doors through core banking system. "The beneficiary has to put his finger and Aadhaar number into the micro ATM wireless device and get the money within 8 to 9 seconds from a business corresponden
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Thursday did not rule out the possibility of hacking of its data centre and suggested that security should be put in place. "(As far as) data centre hacking, we have to be alert. Securities have to be put in place to ensure that data is not accessed in any unauthorised manner," Director General of UIDAI R S Sharma whi
Fed up with hackers intruding into the government computers and stealing data, the Government has decided to go for its own pan-India secure computer network that has no link whatsoever with Internet. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has submitted a Rs 450-crore proposal to the Planning Commission for developing such a network during the 12th five-year plan that takes off in April
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday inaugurated a Rs 229 crore e-office project for the Border Security Force (BSF) aimed at providing easy online access to personnel and administrative works. The Intranet Prahari Project (IPP) has been extended upto 237 locations of the central police force and will benefit about 1.98 lakh BSF personnel. "I congratulate t
The Bangalore chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday urged UPA government to immediately accord cabinet sanction to continue the Unique Identification Authority of India project beyond 200 million enrolments to enable schemes reach the vulnerable sections of society. "Since (UIDAI) project is getting very popular and over 60,000 operators have been certified and one lak
Booking train ticket was never so easy as you can now get it done through your mobile phone. After initial registration and downloading of suitable software on the mobile handset with Internet facility, it will be possible for the mobile users to book a ticket through their own mobile. Launched by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a PSU under
Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the government is going to upload all the schools including lower primary, higher primary and high schools on Google Earth. This will help alumni of a particular school who probably stays in the US or the UK will be able to see his school with just a click. The SSA district commissioner Shivaprakash told
With a slew of public services accessible online, the implementation of the Electronic Delivery of Services Bill is likely to simplify public works in quarters of Tamil Nadu. The health department of the state takes pride to be a pioneer in its e-governance initiatives, reported the
Wipro Technologies refused to carry out the national unique identification (UID) project in Jammu & Kashmir citing that it had enough of its flip-flops. The company sent a letter to the chief minister Omar Adullah stating that it would not be able to continue the execution of the project. Abdullah meanwhile pleaded ignorance of the issue. The contract with
Amid the reports of finance ministry asking banks to look at account number portability, the Reserve Bank of India suggests that more than the account number portability the one-time "know your customer" procedure is a better way to serve the account holders. However, it seems to be a technological challenge and could be made simpler by linking it with unique identification number.
Hyderabad Police proposes to install over 2,000 surveillance cameras in different parts of the city besides procuring weaponry vehicles for effective crime control. A proposal has been sent to the state government for procuring advanced communication equipment and weaponry vehicles, besides a plan to install over 2,000 surveillance cameras in Hyderabad city, including upgradation
To check hospitals flouting bio-medical waste management rules, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is considering online reporting of hospital waste. A pilot project in this regard has been initiated in the 250-bedded Swami Dayanand Hospital wherein all matters related to segregation, collection, transportation and treatment of hospital waste is being maintained and reporte
Hyderabad, the emerging hub of the IT industry in India, is in the race to host the Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (ICANN) Conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific region in 2013, a senior state IT official said here today. ICANN is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for managing Domain Name Systems to protect the uniqueness of web addresses. Besides o
A voter in Faziabad district can now find the exact location of his polling booth with just a click of the mouse, thanks to an initiative by the local administration which has plotted all booths on Google map and has connected the electorates list to it. "The voters list is attached along with the polling booths therefore, any voter can find his name by using the search opti
A separate column for disabled people in the application of Aadhar cards is the request of association of India disabled (AID) who submitted a petition to Coimbatore collector M Karunagaran on Monday. Although disabled people do have a national identity card, most people due to lack of knowledge about the card refuse to accept it, reported
The Maharashtra state government on a directive from Centre has said that only government employees will be able to verify an applicant`s details used to issue an Aadhar card. This is likely to slow the process of issuance of these cards. Until March 2011, the verification process was carried out by the government staff. Due to an increase in the workload and mismanagement in th
In a bid to reduce agent intervention and make the process simple, the external affairs ministry has tied up with the IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to simplify the passport services. An example of Gujarat, reported by DNA, said that the ministry is launching around five passport seva kendr
Amid complaints of inconvenience to people due to virtual closure of Regional Passport Office in Delhi, Government on Monday said the Passport Seva Kendra at ITO is expected to be operational by January next year. The Herald House office will be the third and the largest PSK being set up to supplement the front-end work of Regional Passport Office (RPO). Two PSKs -
As many as 1,000 government services are likely to go online by the end of the current fiscal year. The department of information technology (DIT), under the national e-governance plan (NeGP), is likely to deliver services such as registering births and deaths and accessing land records electronically. The plan will help the government achieve goals that were set as part of a $150 million long-
