Samir Sachdeva

Contributions

• Congress plans Rs 100 crore social media war chest
• Nasscom projects double-digit growth for IT industry in FY 2013
• “India is driving transformation at a much larger scale”
• “No project is a failure”
• “India is driving transformation at a much larger scale”
• Now an integrated Aadhaar for all services
• “Sending SMS alerts is not m-governance”
• Smart grid is answer to grid failures
• “Rs 20,000 crore can be saved every year if RSBY card is used for PDS”
• “Open source is an opportunity, not a challenge”
• “Pirated copies facilitate software addiction”
• “We are awaiting cabinet nod for financing smart grid pilots”
• Forget cyber attacks, first plan for defence
• Forget cyber attacks, first plan for defence
• A thin line between governance and control
• e-Office rollout will be fast: RC Misra
• “e-Office rollout will be fast”
• With cloud, only sky is the limit
• ‘There should be a concrete plan to implement m-gov policy’
• "We plan to increase our presence in India"
• Government logs on to open government platform
• Internet Policing: Govt has valid concerns
• Financial inclusion programme requires ownership in Assam
• Aakash: a bitter tablet?
• Cisco to acquire NDS
• India falls by five places in UN e-gov survey 2012
• e-Way for the highway
• "The mobile is as essential as our car keys and wallet"
• God`s own country dials `m` for change
• Sky no limit for Aakash
• In Gujarat, the bell of justice goes hi-tech
• Divided we stand
• "e-Panchayat is a serious threat to CSCs"
• No censoring of Social Media: Kapil Sibal
• Narayanasamy wants IT ministry to give attention for hardware industry
• e-Governance is going to be a game changer: Patnaik
• Govt wants one from every house e-literate: Pilot
• `We are looking forward to linking Aadhar authentication with MSDG’
• "There should be a concrete plan to implement m-gov policy"
• PM traverses middle path in UID, NPR conflict
• UID may have problems, but scrapping it could sting
• Identity politics of a different kind
• “There’s no central law on information retention”
• IT brings Delhi govt services at citizen’s doorsteps
• E-gov has curbed discretion, corruption
• Unequal partners
• Nilekani’s aadhaar looks for a legal base
• ICT in Urban Renewal - Greater Mumbai`s Case Study
• DoAE constitutes expert group in Kudankulam power project
• Hisar witnessing brisk polling, 34 pc voting recorded
• Draft policy on IT envisages USD 300 bn in revenue by 2020
• Sibal reiterates need for laying down the optical fiber network
• China for int``l cooperation to counter cyber attacks
• Sweat no more to pay your power bill
• "We are planning to upload all gazettes on the Delhi government website"
• Sibal unveils Saakshar Bharat portal
• Sibal cautions telcos against selective use of NOFN
• e-Gov in India should be citizen-centric
• UIDAI isuued 2.87 crore Aadhar numbers
• CUTS wants CCI to investigate against Facebook
• DIT holds consultation on draft electronic service delivery bill
• Raining e-gov awards
• Indian-origin girls get Google Science Fair honours
• “Technology adoption at mass level key to success of eGov initiatives”
• UP plans to increase G2C services offered through CSCs
• Not-so-smart institute
• Making sense of MCA21 data
• UIDAI to set up infra for data updates
• "CSCs are AISECT`s major focus at present"
• Public feedback as a mere formality
• BCCI contact Infosys to prepare injury database of players
• The Natgrid solution
• Interview with Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, DIT
• Interview with Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, DIT Part II
• New mission mode projects on education, health and PDS
• Passport in three days!
• Online content rules face criticism
• Why should the government be interested in your sexual preference?
• Citizens’ say in e-governance
• Education, Health and PDS to be included in NeGP
• Execution tripping e-gov?
• India falls in global IT ranking
• Social media supports Anna
• Sibal talks of new digital divide
• Digitizing of government databases due to RTI, e-governance and UID will create huge amounts of data
• TRAI to announce date for new telemarketing guidelines soon
• Passport: getting it without sweating it
• Don`t omit gov from e-gov capacity building
• Spread the Net of Gov 2.0
• e-Governance champions to head for Aurangabad next month
• Leave me alone, please!
• Reboot common service centres
• Unwarranted uproar over UID
• The government is seeing new value in open source technology
• Infrastructure for e-governance is largely in place, but the application needs to be accelerated
• Is India ready for cyber wars?
• Accountability will help us develop faster
• Should opposition stall parliament?
• Gujarat is the best e-governed state : CSI
• Should P J Thomas resign as CVC ?
• PAC will act on CAG report: Dy CAG
• Government re-constitutes national e-gov advisory group
• UID roll-call for school kids soon
• UID shortlists companies for managed services provider contract
• Should there be a JPC probe into the Games mess?
• RTI meets Swiss banking
• Homeless to be Delhi’s first UID recipients
• Is India ready for e-voting?
• Should India now bid for Olympics?
• Will UID compromise privacy of citizens?
• Is the stiff penalty for games lane violation justified ?
• Twenty hours to launch, civil society raises red flag on UID project
• PM, Sonia to launch UID numbers (Aadhaar) on 29th Sept
• Shashi Kant Sharma to be new IT secretary
• Should India ban US firms from e-gov projects?
• Government doubles cost estimates for e-Courts project
• US team visits Ajmer village to taste rural e-Governance
• India getting ready for e-passport
• Red flags raised over possible unique ID profiling fallouts
• Rentala Chandrashekhar gets additional charge of Telecom
• UID not to fail a child`s test
• Government to form core group for BPR
• Soon, an e-governance day for the nation
• Government planning electronic delivery of public service act
• Plan com wants your ideas for its next five-year-plan
• Is Mani Shankar Aiyar equally to blame for the CWG mess?
• Is govt insensitive to people’s plight on price rise?
• Corporate India bats for Keshub Mahindra
• Blackberry says it will address India`s concern this time.
• After food, education, broadband may become a right
• Is Krishna`s criticism of Pillai timed well itself?
• We are computerizing British Raj processes: Pitroda
• No service is common at these centres
• Few states have progressed to delivering e-services
• C P Joshi inagurates Under Construction website
• Cabinet secretary to lead by example
• Ten questions that Cab Sec should ask his colleagues on NeGP
• Government wakes up to take stock of NeGP
• UID project will get funds: Pranab
• Pilot launches mobile services at Amarnath Shrine
• NASSCOM calls for logo designs for eGovReach
• Corporate Affairs mulling over SPV for MCA-21
• Will FDI in retail be against the interests of small retailers?
• Tata TCS, hello accountability
• Not much on privacy safeguards in UID draft bill
• The moment we hear ‘capturing images’, suddenly our antennas go up
• Bitter truth about CSCs
• Are Delhites not deserving of a helpline?
• DoPT invites suggestions for protection of data and privacy of individuals
• Is the commonwealth exhibition train meant for common man?
• Government fails recruitment test for e-governance
• Are external consultants needed to help central ministries achieve annual targets?
• UIDAI selects Intelenet Global Services for contact centre project
• e-Gov needs strong and extensive industry participation
• PPP is certainly a step in the right direction
• I just want to be a change agent - Nilekani
• e-Gov lessons from Estonia!
• Cabinet approves mission mode project for e-governance in state treasuries
• Do we need affirmative action in private sector?
• Does India have no other leader apart from Gandhi family icons worth remembering?
• In era of e-gov, does it matter if Mamata works from Kolkata?
• Face , eyes and ten fingers to identify Indian residents
• EPFO to modernize operations
• Is somebody unfit for passport fit enough to be home minister?
• Identity crisis for the UID employees
• India Post to Deliver Unique Identity Numbers
• One day seminar organized by Cyber Appellate Tribunal
• Indian Posts lays foundation of Government 2.0 in India
• Crisis management plan to tackle cyber espionage
• Three fold strategy to fight cybercrime
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) India Office launched
• Spam mail can land you in Jail
• Should PSU recruitment be independent of PESB?
• "Aadhaar has no legislative foundation"
• Indian ICT spending to grow at 14.1% in 2010 : Gartner
• India takes on Chairmanship of ITU Council for 2010
• 88 percent RTOs are fully computerized in India
• Aadhaar is foundation of new India!
• Home Ministry to implement e-governance in Visa and Immigration
• No sex determination ads on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft
• The Nandan Nilekani interview
• Special Train to showcase e-governance
• 32 banks authorized for mobile banking
• DIT`s small step towards inclusive government
• And now, Ratna for govt websites
• I just want to be a change agent - Nilekani
• Freebies or good governance – what attracts IT companies?
• Further down the rank and file - India slips in e-government scores
• Government bans SMS services in J&K
• Is the money spent on e-governance a waste?
• Nasscom to establish e-governance portal
• Online database of directors of public enterprises launched
• Is India an IT superpower?
• UIDAI looking for managed service provider for 1 bn strong database
• Government to recruit 150 officers to manage e-Governance Plan
• UID seminar on April`26
• NIC develops software for decentralized planning
• ConnectIT workshop organized for Government officers in Sangli
• CSC strength set to jump despite pullouts
• India leapfrogs 11 positions on Networked Readiness Index
• Rs 5990 Crore outlay for National Knowledge Network
• Chhattisgarh PDS unleashes an era of transparency
• Education made easy with Ni-On
• South leads the way in e-readiness
• Karnataka, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, AP leaders in e-Readiness
• Government mulls Rs 100 incentive to register for UID
• UIDAI signs MOU with MP government
• Government to introduce core banking services at post offices
• e-Office lost in babudom
• Time for an IT cadre?
• Should there be a separate cadre for IT professionals?
• Haryana to create cadre for IT professionals
• MMP on Immigration services to be implemented from April, 2010
• Employee association panel to visit Passport Seva Kendra at Bangalore
• Rs 9175 Cr for defence network
• DIT pursuing FM for extension of STPI benefits
• IT brings down pendency of cases in Gujarat courts
• Karnataka to establish Karnataka One Centres
• VAT dealers to get e-notices from Kerala government
• e-Governance mandatory for assistance under JNNURM
• World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium to establish office in New Delhi
• Will UID breach your privacy?
• eGov gets short shrift, only Rs 1030 crore this year
• Now register your shop through Jeewan Centre
• Rs 175 crore for CCTNS project
• Department of information technology (DIT) to get Rs 3067 Crores
• Kumoun Vani radio station to start in Uttaranchal
• Narayana Murthy says `Nation First`
• FM gives STPI a miss
• Rs 1900 cr allocated to UIDAI
• Income tax department to open Aaykar Seva Kendras
• 1133 Cr outlay for MMP on commercial taxes
• Finance ministry to set up technology advisory group
• Passport Seva project to be launched in March
• 6000 crores for ICT in school under the XI five year plan