news Delhi Cabinet Approves Geospatial Data Bill The Delhi cabinet has approved the draft Delhi Geospatial Data Infrastructure Bill, 2011 - a flagship project of the government launched to frame and implement policies relating to geospatial data. The Bill will serve as a base for planning and executing various development projects and utility services.
As per Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure (DSSDI) project was launched to frame and implement policies for issues related to geospatial data. The data could be utilised through the Geographical Information System established at two centres in the city, reported IANS.
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Haryana to Upgrade IT Facilities for Better e-Governance The Haryana government has decided to create an information technology (IT) cadre for implementation of the state’s e-Governance initiatives in various departments. An official spokesman said that the state government has already prepared the basic structure for the IT cadre and it would be finalising the same shortly, reported IANS. The state government has also decided to set up Informa-
tion and Communication Technology (ICT) labs in more than 2,600 government schools and all the government colleges. This facility would be in addition to the IT education facilities in various technical institutions in the state. “Special programmes have been designed for the training of government employees so as to enable them to increasingly use ICT in their day to day work,” spokesperson said.
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Goa Roads to be Monitored Through Surveillance Cameras In a bid to make Goa “terror alert”, all major roads will soon be monitored througnh unmanned surveillance cameras, according to the Economic Survey tabled in the State Assembly recently. “The surveillance project would ensure setting up of surveillance cameras at major roads and junctions, public places, places of strategic importance,” the report says. With increased security and terrorism
threats in the country, building a comprehensive surveillance system is
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File RTI on Phone in Karnataka Karnataka is all set to open a business process outsourcing (BPO) centre - the first of its kind in the country — exclusively for filing petitions under the Right to Information Act. Citizens will just have to call up the centre, expected to be located in Bangalore, to file RTI applications, in lieu of some charges. Any citizen can call up the BPO call centre and file an RTI against any department of the state. The user will be charged
for the call which will be considered as the fee for the RTI application. Called as ‘Mahiti’ (means information in Kannada), the project will be launched in June. Along with the BPO, the
The Way Forward in Cyber Security A national seminar on ‘Cyber Threats: Issues and Challenges’was organised by MCA/CS/IT Departments at I.T.S Engineering College, Greater Noida on 2nd April 2011. eGov was the media partner to the event Dr Gulshan Rai , Director General, CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team-India) and Group Coordinator
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critical for enhancing safety and security of citizens and assets.
of e-Security and Cyber Law Division in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was the Chief Guest at the event. The theme of the first session was ‘Emerging Cyber Threats’. Cyber threats such as cyber warfare, virus attacks, cyber terrorism, hacking, phishing, credit
card frauds, theft of information, e-mail spoofing, spamming, cyber stalking, damaging computer systems; insider threats and MMS scams were discussed. The speakers brought out that cyber security threats today are more organised, targeted and have financial motives and call for new organisational structures, greater
government will also club it with grievance redressal supervision and monitoring system to track the RTI complaints. The medium for filing the petition will be in Kannada and English.
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Polling in West Bengal to be enabled by GIS The Election Commission will install web-based geographic information system (GIS) in West Bengal’s polling booths to help the State Chief Electoral Officer track them on their website. The system will provide a map showing the exact location and nearby landmarks of all the
51,919 polling booths in the state on the website, an official said, reported IANS. The software will give a 360-degree view of the entire area falling within the 200-metre radius of each booth, including approach roads and nearby installations.
It will show every detail of the polling station, such as the number of voters, number of polling and security personnel deployed, details about the current law and order situation and reports of past violence or disturbance in the area, the official added.
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Indian Postal Services to be Computerised by 2013
In a new e-Governance initiative Government of India (GOI) has approved a proposal for the ‘Information Technology Modernisation Project’ of Department of Posts (DoP) to be implemented in a phased manner by 2012-13, subject to availability of funds for improving postal operations. The proposal includes computerisation of all non-computerised post offices, development
of software for various operations of Department of Post, commissioning of a data centre, provision of network connectivity and implementation of rural technology solution. A state-wise list of the number of post-offices already computerised had been released in which Uttar Pradesh has the most number of computerised post offices- 1510 and the least number of computerised post offices in Jammu and Kashmir- 132.
awareness and coordination between agencies. The theme of the second session was ‘Combating Cyber Threats’. The speakers elaborated on the issues, trends and challenges in the area of information security. They also discussed challenges to make students aware of
basic principles of system security. Cloud computing related security issues were also discussed during this session. The faculty members and students of CS/IT/MCA departments along with 55 delegates from various institutes in NCR attended the seminar.
After Delhi Traffic Police, Tihar joins Facebook In a bid to update various events happening in the jail and gather suggestions and feedback to make ‘Tihar, a prison with difference’ Tihar Jail has recently created a page on Facebook. After the huge success of Delhi Traffic Police’s Facebook initiative many government organisations are hoping to bask in the social networking media glory and rightly so as it has become the most convenient way to connect and network with the citizens and key stakehold-
ers. Tihar Jail is India’s largest correctional centre working for the rehabilitation of thousands of inmates. Various events like Tihar Olympics, Literacy
Drive, Music Festivals keep happening inside the centre and thus it seems suitable to have a domain on one of the most popular social networking site as well.
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Govt to Invite Bids for Broadband in Rural Areas The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal
Service Obligation (USO) Fund. The Department of Telecommunications will soon come out with a tender for rural wireless broadband through the Universal Service Obligation fund by the end of
the month. This particular project is aiming to cover 60,000 villages. Lack on broadband connectivity has been a prime reason for the digital divide in rural and country site region.
M N Vidyashankar Appointed IT Secretary, Karnataka Karnataka e-Governance Secretary M N Vidyashankar has also been given additional charge of Information Technology, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, in a bureaucratic reshuffle
effected by the State Government. IT, S&T and BT Secretary Ashok Kumar C Manoli was transferred to the Revenue Department. Vidyashankar has served in the post before, an official press release informed. A K
Monnappa, Commissioner for Cane Development & Director of Sugar, Bangalore, was transferred and N Sriraman, Managing Director, Mysore Minerals Limited, Bangalore, was given the additional charge.
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