E-governance

Ramann joined Sidbi in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, he has been involved in crafting policies for providing timely liquidity, and schemes for restructuring support to MSME sector

Union Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma on Wednesday said the G20 presidency will provide India an opportunity to showcase its digital initiatives under e-governance to the outside world. Speaking at the two-day silver jubilee edition of national conference on e-Governance here, Sharma, Secretary for Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), said many countries in the world are looking at India, which has successfully implemented various e-governance initiatives. The conference, "Bringing Citizens, Industry and Government closer", was organised by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances in association with MeitY and Jammu and Kashmir government. "India is taking over the G20 presidency, which is a historic moment for the country and all of us. During the presidency tenure, the country will host about 200 events in 32 sectors at 55 locations, a couple of which will be held in Jammu and Kashmir," Sharma said. He said states and the Union territori

Decision is in compliance with 2017 RBI circular asking financial creditors to submit financial information to an information utility under Section 215 of IBC

Documents were to be open for public comments till September 21, civil society groups protest 'removal'

The documents are open for public consultation and the comments would be accepted till September 21

Rajasthan ranks first in state/UT service portals in Group B across all sectors (55 services provided online)

Govt's digital push founders on complex, buggy portals

The initial outlay was Rs 100,000 crore in ongoing schemes and Rs 13,000 crore in new schemes

Axis Bank has acquired over 57,700 shares in CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd for Rs 36.38 crore, the lender said on Thursday.

A cyber attack is no longer about one company or a government department. In today's world, an attack on one entity can easily escalate to several others

He said positive and development orientated approach, transparency, corruption-free system, fast track decision making process and social and national commitment will lead to good governance.

This would be a ten-fold growth over the last financial year, when CSCs had logged total sales worth Rs 10 crore

The MCA 21 Mission Mode Project is the e-governance initiative of the Corporate Affairs Ministry

Under e-office system, physical files would be replaced with digital files to expedite disposal

We are on the brink of a new information society galvanised by social media. This is the era of mobile phones doubling up as payment gateways; thanks to it, we can have a bank in our pocket. Broadband and Wi-fi access can become game changers in delivering governmental benefits to farmers, students, and employees in the government and the organised sector. But little is being done to beef up the e-governance infrastructure. Kerala has shown the way forward by becoming the first state to be declared a digital state. Digital infrastructure can pave the way for the success of e-governance programmes.In that respect, this Budget is a missed opportunity. A sagacious approach would have been to take note of Kerala's achievements and replicate it in other states, at least in phases through budgetary allocation and control systems.Sunil S Chiplunkar BengaluruLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:The Editor, Business StandardNehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002Fax: (0