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Comprehensive e-security, e-waste policies soon

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 07:04
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The Hindu 14.07.2009

Comprehensive e-security, e-waste policies soon

Special Correspondent

IT Minister announces formation of think-tank


Poongothai Aladi Aruna

CHENNAI: The State government will release a comprehensive e-security and e-waste policies in the current financial year, according to Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Information Technology Minister.

The e-security policy would give broad guidance and specific measures for information security across government departments, she told the Assembly on Monday.

Dr. Poongothai said the e-waste policy was aimed at minimising e-waste generation and utilising generated e-waste for beneficial purpose through reuse and recycling. “This will ensure environmentally sound disposal of residual waste.”

Pointing out that mobile phones had become the easiest mode of communication and it had been possible for the public to access services through mobile phones, she said the Department of IT would work with mobile service providers, other government departments and financial institutions to deliver citizen services.

“Mobile governance or M governance shall become an important mode of service delivery offering online services to citizens and business,” she said.

Dr. Poongothai said that as a first step towards providing e-services to the citizens, a State Portal would be set up at a cost of Rs 16.13 crore. The centrally assisted project, she said, would eventually act as a common interface for utilising government services by citizens and business community. The other proposal was to set up TNeGA (Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency) whereby all basic information and documentation on IT applications in the State would be stored as to enable easy retrieval.

Dr. Poongothai announced constitution of a think-tank, comprising experts in the academic and research fields and those who had experience at seniormost levels in the corporate world, to assist the IT Department to adopt the constant changes in the field and to further the cause of e-governance.

She said a comprehensive e-governance policy covering a wide range of issues such as technology type, architecture and framework standards would be framed and issued next year.

A help desk would be set up in the ELCOT to provide answers to all queries of IT units.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 10:57
 

Minister inaugurates TNPCB building

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 06:59
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The Hindu 14.07.2009

Minister inaugurates TNPCB building

Special Correspondent

— Photo: A.Muralitharan

Inauguration: Environment Minister T.P.M.Mohideen Khan and Labour Minister T.M.Anbarasan with TNPCB officials at the opening of the Board’s premises in Maraimalai Nagar on Monday.

TAMBARAM: Minister for Environment T.P.M. Mohideen Khan on Monday inaugurated the building of the office of Kancheepuram District Environment Engineers of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in Maraimalai Nagar.

This is the ninth office of TNPCB in the State to function from its own building after district offices in Ambattur, Hosur, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tiruchi, Madurai, Vellore and Chennai.

Mr. Mohideen Khan said the building was constructed at a cost of Rs.1.25 crore over a piece of land measuring 24,009 square feet.

The Minister said the State government was planning to construct new buildings for the rest of the districts in a phased manner.

Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan, TNPCB Chairman R. Balakrishnan and Member Secretary R. Ramamurthy and Chairperson of Maraimalai Nagar Municipality, Sasikala Arumugham, were among others present.

The office of the Kancheepuram District Environment Engineer of the Board was earlier functioning from rented premises in Tambaram.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 07:04
 

Civic body steps up painting drive

Monday, 13 July 2009 04:14
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Deccan Chronicle 13.07.2009

Civic body steps up painting drive

Chennai, July 12: Following the ban on posters along Anna Salai (Mount Road) and Kamaraj Salai (Beach Road), the city corporation has now intensified its drive of painting government walls along the arterial roads to ensure that posters do not mushroom in the poster-free zone.

As part of its ‘Singara Chennai’ project to beautify the city, the corporation has identified a panel of artists who will paint on the government buildings located along these two roads. “The artists will be paid Rs 25 per sq ft and the entire painting work will be completed within two months,” Chennai mayor M. Subramanian told this newspaper.

Earlier, the city corporation was coordinating with the Government College of Fine Arts, Egmore, to bring in new paintings on the government building walls near Teynampet signal. But the college demanded Rs 80 per square foot for painting, which the corporation council felt was high. Subsequently, the work order has been issued to a panel comprising artists from across the state who are specialists in painting Tamil and Dravidian culture, the mayor said.

 

Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 04:22
 
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