Tag: NeGP

  • DD launches fictional TV series to give information about e-Governance

    DD launches fictional TV series to give information about e-Governance

    NEW DELHI: ‘Zindagi Dot Com’, an educational-cum-fiction entertainment television series focusing on the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) has commenced telecast on Doordarshan on August 17.

     

    The series is aimed at creating awareness and disseminate information about the Plan, its various Mission Mode Projects (MMPs), e-services and related aspects.

     

    Zindagi Dot Com, traces the journey and evolution of e-Governance in a remote village of India as also the journey and evolution of its unlikely heroes and change makers in the progressive episodes.

     

    The television series has been produced by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) comprising 39 episodes and has been promoted by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

     

    The series will not only enlighten citizens about NeGP as it is based on actual case studies picked up from different parts of the country, but also has elements in its story line to create and sustain viewer interest.

     

    The characters and the plot in the series have been designed in such a way so as to bring out the various challenges present in the adoption of e-governance and how these challenges are overcome.

     

    It will be telecast every Sunday at 10am on Doordarshan with a repeat telecast on DD Bharati at 8.30 pm on Mondays.

  • Govt Appstore launched to bring in efficiency in e-functioning

    Govt Appstore launched to bring in efficiency in e-functioning

    NEW DELHI: The government has launched the pilot e-Gov application store to will bring functional efficiencies in the government and enable citizen to receive services in a more streamlined manner.

    This e-Gov Appstore has been designed, developed and hosted by the Department of Information Technology through the National Informatics Centre.

    Launching the Appstore, Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said the App Store governance aims to reduce uncertainty and improve transparency.

    The e-Gov Appstore aims to be a National level common repository of productised applications, components and web services that can be used by various of government agencies/departments at Centre and in the States. This will enable acceleration of delivery of e-services as envisaged under NeGP and optimise the ICT spending of the government.

    Core and common applications that have high demand and are replicable across the central and state levels would be available on the e-Gov Appstore, which shall be hosted on the National Cloud.

    Currently 20 Applications, 8 Components and 1 Web Services are hosted. These applications are sourced from 8 distinct States/UTs and provide a gamut of G2C/G2B services. Going ahead, the applications will be productized and made available on the e-Gov Appstore for use

    The present version of the e-Gov Appstore has the following features: (1) Sharing of applications (2) Search for applications (3) Provides basic information about an application on selection (4) Allows users to provide feedback and rate an application (5) Has two level approval process for contributing applications (6) Allows authenticated users to download application for consumption

    This e-Gov Appstore will be augmented to include applications and components developed by various departments and agencies at Centre and States and by private players; and a complete eco-system will be established (including mechanism for funding, charge back, contract management, SLAs) and will become a part of the GI Cloud initiative under government of India.