march 2012 issue 03 n volume 08
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There has been tremendous development in the ICT sector over the last 3 years. I was at the eHealth forum at eASIA 2011 and was impressed to see the initiatives taken. I would expect that ideas are quickly transformed into reality. In the developing world people get lost in the hype. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the clutter of new tools and information available. Cutting through all the hype to see what really works for your project implementation can be a challenge. When you focus all your effort on tools and tactics but don’t have a clear strategy behind your actions some serious holes in your project will start to surface in three main areas. 1.The education level of the population targeted 2. The skill and competence of the healthcare provider and last but not the least, 3. The maintenance and care of the high tech gadgets. In the third world a lot of projects are destined to fail miserably because of our total disregard for the art of management, especially its inherent maintenance and repair aspect. The idea of Total Quality Management has to be hammered into our ‘recalcitrant’ heads with zero tolerance for inefficiency and mismanagement. Javed Zaman on eGov February Interview An ICT Vision for Digital Bangladesh
Fixing of maximum amount that can be charged , may not be such a good idea. With the introduction of pulse in seconds, the mobile was not considered expensive, as the shorter you speak,lower you pay. Fixing a maximum may lead to prolonged conversation, thus choking up the airwaves and reducing the utility of mobile, as both the parties cannot be
contacted during the long conversation. Why not we think of banning the confusing packages being offered by the leading operators. All calls are to be charged on second basis or minute basis and there cannot be any packages excepting the unlimited usage. This may provide a level playing field. CVRK Swami TRAI is considering an upper limit on mobile call charges
Congratulations Team UID. Definitely UID will go a long way in tackling corruption and deliver efficiencies. Dr Manmohan Singh should be congratulated for this step and we all must appreciate the importance of the project. I also ask Sri Nandan Nilekani to stay strong; the project Aadhar will really transform India bottoms up and will help deliver govt services to the targeted people. Rama Anne on eGov portal News item, Reaching the Bottom of Pyramid A plethora of institutional arrangements are available at central as well as state level - why create one more government agency just for capacity building? NISG is competently doing the same, besides providing commendable consultancy services. Best part is, NISG earns its own revenue. It would be far more economical to strengthen NISG by inducting cadre officers at senior management level so as to balance the skill distribution. Phaneendra V on eGov portal News item, National Institute for e-Governance (NIG) in the 12th Plan Write in your reactions to eGov news, interviews, features and articles. You can either comment on the individual webpage of a story, or drop us a mail: editorial@elets.in