Need for bigger financing and implementation plans to achieve sustainable development

By Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting ?Strong and inclusive economic growth is necessary for the developing economies to grow, prosper and develop sustainably. Such growth is also necessary for achieving the SDGs as well as the twin goals of the World Bank. With expected growth of only 4.3% […]

Indian Railway Knowledge Portal : Step towards ICT convergence in Indian Railways

ICTpost News Network New Delhi: October 1, 2015 Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal namely www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in which has aggregated most of the available knowledge about Indian Railways at one location and has also tried to encompass as much knowledge as possible, by linking websites, documents etc. for dissemination of […]

Data helps us to navigate, to decide goals and chart our policies

New Delhi: September 24, 2015 J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Profile (NHP)-2015 prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), here today. The E-book (digital version) of the annual document, which has been prepared for the first time, was also released. The National Health Profile […]

Every Employee is a Digital Employee

By Christy Pettey The integration of digital requirements into most work processes and growing employee digital dexterity are leading to a world where every employee is a digital employee. “Today’s employees possess a greater degree of digital dexterity,” said Matt Cain, research vice president at Gartner. “They operate their own wireless networks at home, attach […]

Hybrid IT and Cloud Enabling Technologies are creating strong demand for data center and cloud services

New Delhi: August 8, 2015 Hybrid IT is fast becoming the new normal across organizations in Asia-Pacific. With the increasing utilization of data centers and cloud services across the Asia Pacific region, companies have gradually updated or upgraded their existing IT systems, giving rise to the Hybrid IT environment. Besides helping enterprises to drive digital […]

ICT enabled Citizen Centric Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

By Ashish Sanyal, Independent e Governance & ICT4D Consultant, Former Director, DeitY ICT-isation – Win win for all stakeholders Efficient & reliable services in multiple service delivery channels Much-improved service cycle time Lower cost of delivery of service for the service provider Lower opportunity cost for the service seeker Lower corruption due to disintermediation Greater […]

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