E-Governance Updates: 08/06/09

 

GOVT SETS UP MINI DATA CENTRES FOR E-GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES
Vadodara, June 8, 2009
The Indian Express

In an effort to ease the delivery of online civic services as part of e-Governance, the state government has set up Mini Data Centres (MDCs) at Mehsana, Rajkot and Vadodara, while one more will come up at Surat.

These centres will be connected to the main Service Data Centre (SDC) located in Gandhinagar. The centres are expected to reduce the cost incurred for e-Governance initiatives, increase data security and streamline operational maintenance.

The SDC will be a single-window approach to all e-Governance measures. The Central government will give Rs 55 crore for the project, while the state will bear the rest.

The main server will provide services for central data repository, secure data storage, online delivery of services, citizen information/services portal, state intranet portal, disaster recovery, remote management and service integration.

“The proposed MDCs will provide the infrastructure required for running the localised applications and will provide online services to urban and rural citizens,” said a source in the Department of Science and Technology, Gandhiangar, which is the project-implementing agency.

The MDCs at Mehsana, Rajkot and Vadodara have already been set up, while the one at Surat will become functional soon.

STATE PLANNING INTRODUCTION OF E-GOVERNANCE SOON
N. Anand, Chennai, June 08, 2009
The Hindu

The State Government is taking steps to introduce e-governance measures in at least seven to eight departments shortly to provide hassle-free, transparent and efficient services to common man, said IT Secretary P.W.C. Davidar on Friday.

In the first phase, government through Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) is setting up 5,440 common services centres (CSCs) in rural areas through the public private partnership initiative, followed by equal number of Centres in the urban areas to offer Business to Citizen (B2C) as well as Government to Citizen (G2C) services.

Davidar along with Santhosh Babu, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) managing director took part in the e-Governance Summit in Hyderabad and explained the measures taken by the State Government and also to find out the steps taken by others in different fields. The meeting was attended by top IT officials from different parts of the country.

In his presentation, Babu described the measures taken by his officials to reduce the school drop-outs in the naxalite-affected villages in Krishnagiri district and the concept behind setting up the country’s first Rural Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centres.

These students were provided training in technical and soft-skill to become BPO workers.