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Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology28-December-2015 18:47 IST
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology28-December-2015 18:47 IST
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Inaugurates Good Governance Week Celebration
23 New Products Launched
Payment Bank to Begin from March 2017
23 New Products Launched
Payment Bank to Begin from March 2017
A week-long celebration of Good Governance Week was organized by
Department of Electronics and Information Technology starting from
25th December 2015. A National event on Good Governance was
inaugurated on 28th December 2015 by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Hon’ble
Minister of Communications & Information Technology (MoCIT) in India Habitat
Centre at New Delhi. This event involved active participation from Department of
Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) and Department of Posts (DoP) and their agencies.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the
commitment of the Government towards the successful implementation of ‘Digital
India’ which would help to transform India into a truly digitally empowered
society and knowledge economy in the 21st century. He said the government is aiming at empowering people of
India through digitalization. Millions of citizens have already joined in this
initiative and invited others to do so. He said e-services should reach more
people at the earliest and sought cooperation from State Governments, industry
and acadmecia in the early achievement of this objective.
Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad also announced that India Post
would be launching Payment Banking by March 2017. He said after the successful
turn around of BSNL, new initiatives have been taken for improving performance
of MTNL. He also announced launch of free incoming all over the Country by MTNL
from New Year.
The event saw
the launch / inauguration of new 23 products / eServices.
The key launches
are as follows:
|
Department
of Telecommunications
· Inauguration of
Wi-Fi hotspots at Har ki Pauri, Haridwar and Dargah Sharif, Ajmer.
· Announcement of
Pan India Free Incoming Roaming Facility for MTNL Customers.
|
Department
of Posts
· Launch of
Post-Terminals (Rural ICT - RICT) – handing over Post Terminals to rural Post
Masters.
|
|
Department
of Electronics and Information Technology
| |
|
·
Launch of
National Centre of Geo-Informatics
·
Launch of
e-Payment Portal
·
Launch of Olabs
for Schools
·
Launch of
Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase-II
·
All India BPO
Promotion Scheme
|
·
North East
Business Process Outsourcing Promotion Scheme
·
Transfer of
Technology for “ICT Centre on Tactile Graphics” at IIT Delhi
·
Announcement of
Setting up of NIC Data Centre at
Bhubaneswar
|
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The detail on each of 23 new products / eservices is available at the Digital
India Portal (www.digitalindia.gov.in).
The
awards for best performing States/Districts during the Digital India Week event
(1st July – 7th July, 2015) were given to:
a. State
level – Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.
b. District
level – 77 Districts across 29 States/UTs.
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