With this issue, our magazine steps into its 26th year of publication. We owe tremendously to all our authors, contributors and correspondents and are thankful to each of them for the continued support and encouragement. While the exciting journey continues, our key focus to disseminate quality information remains unchanged.
Digital India movement of the Government is poised to create transformation in the life of citizens. In the ICT arena today, we see numerous mobile Apps being developed and rolled out which are gaining popularity due to multiple reasons; ease of access to citizen information and services being the foremost. ‘Appscape’ is thus introduced in this issue which showcases some of the prominent and useful mobile Apps introduced for eGovernance.
In the ‘Spotlight’ section of this issue, we have two guest columns; Shri Sandeep Kumar, IAS, Director of TCP, Himachal Pradesh writes on the various strategies adopted by the department using ICT to improve efficiency as well as reducing footfalls in the offices. In the other article, the Director General of CISF, Shri OP Singh, IPS describes the ICT excellence that the Force has achieved recently. While ‘From the States’ covers Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand, Osmanabad of Maharashtra is the focus in ‘District Informatics’. Soil Health Card, Kendriya Vidyalaya Shaala Darpan and Kanyashree4.0 are the three articles featured in ‘eGov Products & Services’. Our regular sections such as ‘Accolades’, ‘International eGov Update’ and ‘In The News’ are here for you as usual.
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