Central Government Health Scheme provides comprehensive healthcare facilities to Central Government Employees and their families with about 32.5 lakhs beneficiaries, all over the country. Induction of ICT has immensely helped in the operations as well as management & monitoring of the scheme. Introduction of Plastic cards has further made life easy for the CGHS beneficiaries. Read our Lead story to know more about this.
In the Guest Column, we are honoured to have views of Smt. Rita Sinha, Secretary, Department of Land Resources, GoI, on Integrated Approach to Land & Property management. We also carry an informative & exclusive interview with Sh. Sanjay Kumar, Secretary IT, Chandigarh Administration wherein he discusses the important e-Government projects operational in Chandigarh as well as various initiatives taken by the Administration to promote the growth of IT industry in the region. ICT based initiatives implemented in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India are also discussed in detail.
Uttar Pradesh, the first state to implement the e-District project, FISHNET: a “Kerala Model” for all Maritime States of India are the highlights of our projects & Services Section this time. Open Elecon, an open source based election information system, successfully deployed during election in Jharkhand is another important story.
In the 'From the States/UTs section', we have covered the ICT initiatives in the State of Gujarat and Meghalaya. ICT initiatives in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, Angul District of Orissa, and Kota District of Rajasthan have also been talked about in this issue.
All our regular sections viz., Technology Update, From the States, International e-Gov Update, Cyber Governance, In the News etc. are there to serve your need to know what's happening in the e-Gov dome around us.
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Neeta Verma
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