The Information Society Watch - India (IS Watch-India)

2004, SPACE

Kerala is one of those few states which have successfully implemented a number of e-governance projects. However not many people are aware that many of these e-governance projects are powered by FOSS. This document provides a list of successful FOSS projects which have been implemented in the state of Kerala.

May 2008, Deepa Tyagi, egov

Surveying India's telecom sector, this article points out the great possibilities that it offers as well as the crucial issues that impede India's progress in this field. The author takes the example of fixed mobile convergence (FMC), which is considered as the telecom business of the future. FMC will enable the user to have a uniform service experience, both while on the move and at the home or office combining the convenience, freedom of movement and personalised services of the wireless world with the high quality and speed of fixed communications.

February 2008, Tarun Seem, egov

This article points to the pivotal role that ICTs can play in accelerating India's health sector reforms. E-health can, for example, help in managing patients in remote locations locally with guidance from specialists in urban centres, without having to travel far, thus compensating for the shortage of infrastructure, manpower and services rural areas. This, however, will require rather high initial investments.

June 25, 2008, iGovernment

The Sikkim Government has taken the initiative in harnessing satellite based communication technologies to facilitate targeted development programs in the poorest gram panchayats. This will give a great fillip to the dissemination of information to the remotest areas of this mountainous state and it is hoped that this project will spur rural enterpreneurship and thus improve the economic condition of the poverty stricken areas.

May 19, 2008, Deccan Herald

This article talks about the fact that trading in tea is all set to go digital away from the traditional system which involves the presence of middlemen. Over the past few years, the plummeting tea prices and the continued erosion of margins by traders meant that the actual tea growers continued to be worse of. This move by the government is also expected to increase trading volumes significantly.

(Draft-Please do not cite), April, 2008, IT for Change

The article profiles the use of ICTs in the field of education from various aspects. These include the direct application of ICTs to teacher education as well as secondary education, which involves both the teacher and the student. There are also other important areas where ICT is proving to be a differentiator in the quality of education being imparted, one of which is the collection and collation of the large amount of data which facilitates education administration to a great extent.