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IKM project wins CSI e-governance award

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The Hindu 23.09.2009

IKM project wins CSI e-governance award

 

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The project was implemented in all panchayats, municipalities and corporations in 2008.


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ‘Sulekha’ annual Plan formulation and monitoring system for decentralised planning, developed and executed by the State-run Information Kerala Mission (IKM), has won the Computer Society of India (CSI)-Nihilent e-governance award for excellence in the government to government (G2G) project category 2008-09.

The project has been developed by the IKM, in association with the Nihilent Technologies and the National Institute for Smart Government. It was implemented in all panchayats, municipalities and corporations in 2008. It is currently being used to capture the details of over 1.5 lakh project reports created by 1,223 local self-government institutions annually under decentralised planning.

The data is used to generate reports for appraisal of the projects by the 169 Technical Advisory Groups and then for approval by the 14 District Planning Committees (DPCs). The project-wise monthly expenditure details are also captured in the software and transmitted to the State Data Centre over the network and made available publicly on the web site of the Local Self-government Department, http://www.lsg.kerala.gov.in

Over the past one decade, the IKM has been striving to develop software that could help streamline the Plan formulation and monitoring system in the local governments. The project was started in the context of democratic decentralisation implemented in the State from the 9th Five Year Plan (1997-2002). The CSI had short-listed the ‘Sulekha’ project in the G2G category from a large number of projects nominated from all over the country. A team from the CSI had visited the IKM to get a first-hand experience of the project and the software.

The team had also visited Karakulam grama panchayat and the District Planning Office here and interacted with the users about the performance of the software and the project achievements. Subsequently, a presentation of the project was done by the IKM before the award jury at Hyderabad.

The awards for 2008-09 will be given away at Pune on October 9.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2009 04:36
 

Rs. 190-crore funding for e-governance projects

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The Hindu 21.09.2009

Rs. 190-crore funding for e-governance projects

 

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Twelve additional initiatives to be launched this fiscal, says Vidyashankar

 


Six BPOs to come up in districts this year

They will provide backup to Social Welfare Department


Bangalore: Principal Secretary for e-governance M.N. Vidyashankar said here on Saturday that Karnataka would substantially enhance its e-governance initiatives by the end of this year.

The department would spend close to Rs. 190 crore for the purpose during the remaining part of this fiscal by launching 12 additional projects.

Speaking to presspersons during a break at the launch of the T.A. Pai Managament Institute Centre for e-governance Research and Education, Mr. Vidyashankar said six BPOs, on the public-private-partnership model would come up in districts this year.

He said one was functional near Bagepalli and another was coming up near Shimoga. The Government was providing part of the infrastructure and each BPO would seat 200 staff. “These BPOs will provide backup for services related to the Social Welfare Department, gram panchayats and so on,” he said.

Centres in city

Bangalore would also benefit from government spending with 53 new BangaloreOne centres, taking the total to 100, he said.

Most of the new centres would be located in newly added BBMP areas, and preference would be given to residents without easy access to utility payment centres. Centres similar to BangaloreOne would come up in eight other cities like Mysore and Belgaum before December end, with at least three in each city.

Spreading e-governance infrastructure further, the Government would expand its wide area network connectivity to 176 taluks in 29 districts.

Speaking earlier, Mr. Vidyashankar referred to an earlier short-lived experiment to bring e-governance practices to teaching hospitals. “We tried to bring transparency in all aspects. Though this project did not last, we are reviving it,” he said. Subash Bhatnagar of Indian Institute of Managament –Ahmedabad said in his keynote talk that TAPMI’s MBA programme in e-governance had proved useful and this had spawned similar programmes in several other universities. “Transformation through e-governance holds out the same promise that the nascent information technology industry did 25 years ago. It may be possible to reach good governance to every citizen in the country and not just those with connections and money,” he said.

Benefits

Generating more employment and economic opportunities, increasing information and communication technology penetration to rural areas, enhancing global competitiveness of agriculture, and tackling corruption in governance would be some of the pluses of e-governance, Prof. Bhatnagar said.

Last Updated on Monday, 21 September 2009 03:03
 

Rs. 190-crore funding for e-governance projects

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The Hindu 20.09.2009

Rs. 190-crore funding for e-governance projects

 

Special Correspondent

Twelve additional initiatives to be launched this fiscal, says Vidyashankar

 


Six BPOs to come up in districts this year

They will provide backup to Social Welfare Department


— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

Fresh initiative: (From left) Director of T.A. Pai Management Institute Saji Gopinath; Principal Secretary for e-governance M.N. Vidyashankar; Prof. Subash Bhatnagar of IIM–A; and Principal Secretary Finance M.R. Srinivasa Murthy, at the inauguration of the TAPMI centre in Bangalore on Saturday.

Bangalore: Principal Secretary for e-governance M.N. Vidyashankar said here on Saturday that Karnataka would substantially enhance its e-governance initiatives by the end of this year. The department would spend close to Rs. 190 crore for the purpose during the remaining part of this fiscal by launching 12 additional projects.

Speaking to presspersons during a break at the launch of the T.A. Pai Managament Institute Centre for e-governance Research and Education, Mr. Vidyashankar said six BPOs, on the public-private-partnership model would come up in districts this year. He said one was functional near Bagepalli and another was coming up near Shimoga. The Government was providing part of the infrastructure and each BPO would seat 200 staff. “These BPOs will provide backup for services related to the Social Welfare Department, gram panchayats and so on,” he said.

Centres in city

Bangalore would also benefit from government spending with 53 new BangaloreOne centres, taking the total to 100, he said.

Most of the new centres would be located in newly added BBMP areas, and preference would be given to residents without easy access to utility payment centres. Centres similar to BangaloreOne would come up in eight other cities like Mysore and Belgaum before December end, with at least three in each city. Spreading e-governance infrastructure further, the Government would expand its wide area network connectivity to 176 taluks in 29 districts.

Speaking earlier, Mr. Vidyashankar referred to an earlier short-lived experiment to bring e-governance practices to teaching hospitals. “We tried to bring transparency in all aspects. Though this project did not last, we are reviving it,” he said. Subash Bhatnagar of Indian Institute of Managament –Ahmedabad said in his keynote talk that TAPMI’s MBA programme in e-governance had proved useful and this had spawned similar programmes in several other universities. “Transformation through e-governance holds out the same promise that the nascent information technology industry did 25 years ago. It may be possible to reach good governance to every citizen in the country and not just those with connections and money,” he said.

Benefits

Generating more employment and economic opportunities, increasing information and communication technology penetration to rural areas, enhancing global competitiveness of agriculture, and tackling corruption in governance would be some of the pluses of e-governance, Prof. Bhatnagar said.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:25
 


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