With the Orissa government deciding to launch 8,558 common service centres — Biju Seva Kendra — at least one in each block to provide government-to-citizen, business-to-consumer and business-to-business services to citizens at their doorsteps, villagers would no longer have to run to the capital, district headquarters or towns to get copies of official documents or [...]
Tagged India, ProjectsIntroduced two years ago, India’s largest e-governance project, and the second biggest of its kind in the world, the MCA-21, which enables e-filing of corporate information with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, is set to be revamped shortly.
The ministry is now looking to launch the second generation of e-filing process, and has tied up with [...]
In a move which would have significant implications, Gujarat is planning to be the first state to provide high-speed connectivity through satellite-based data connections to all its 13,693 gram panchayats, by July this year, enabling video, voice and data offerings in the areas of e-governance, distance education, telemedicine, agriculture and interactive advisory and counselling services.
Each [...]
Formed as a result of the Crime & Disorder Act 1998, the idea behind the Partnership is that no single agency can tackle crime, disorder, or drugs by itself, and that it takes the joined-up efforts of a number of different agencies to make a real difference to community safety issues in Leicester.
The Safer Leicester [...]
Kitchen Democracy allows citizens to weigh in on local issues like zoning changes without attending city council meetings. But there are complaints of ballot stuffing in online polls, which a little analysis shows is a credible claim. Read on …