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“How well do we know our farmers?” The questions raised by Mr Moni are very relavant. Moreover, our farmers cannot read or write in their own language, hence message for them should be audible in the local language. by DR R P Saxena, Director, IPEC
It is a giant leap and if the power of IT is truly harnessed this is a guarantee to sustainable economic growth. Su tained efforts towards improving anci lary services and capacity to use these computers is required
This a very good article, in India now we have urgent need for betterment for farmers to create a good database.
by Anjum
by Vipin Khanna
It is a timely effort. It is necessary in other flood prone cities of India like Guwahati on priority basis.
Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, with support of Department of Administrative Reforms, Govt of India and with IIT Delhi as knowledge partners is working on ‘Evolving a citizen-centric e-governance framework’. The effort is based on detailed study and analysis of select ICT/e-governance initiatives already implemented in the country. It is expected to uncover existing gaps between the literature insights on citizen-centricity and its actual implementation and then propose a citizen-friendly and inclusive design approach for e-governance.
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by Dr Charru Malhotra
“Delhi Geographical Spatial Data Infrastructure Act 2011 to Come by November 15” We should be have a common database to be shared by all the departments so that we can save a lot of resources and have accurate data by Nagamani
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Corrigendum In the October Issue of eGov, the Company Profile of Vennfer carried incorrect information in the achievements section. The correct version is on page 36. The picture in company profile of NIIT Technologies is of Arvind Mehrotra, President-Asia Pacific. The correct version is on page 38. The errors are highly regretted.