The common service centres (CSCs) were created in 2007 to take e-governance services to the rural Indian. However, lack of e-governance initiative from States soon forced the service provider, Sahaj e-Village Ltd, to use the facility for online marketing activities and kiosk banking. In a step ahead, the Srei associate company is now gearing-up to…
India has the second-largest online population in the world (behind China and overtaking the United States), with about 243 million people using the Internet in 2014. Yet that leaves more than a billion offline Indians, the largest population of non-Internet users in any country. At current trajectory, by 2018 only one-third of that billion will…
The Minister shared the Digital India vision with the Under Secretary and its broad constituents namely- the digital infrastructure, digital delivery of services and digital empowerment of citizens. He informed the Under Secretary about Idukki- the first district where NOFN has been commissioned. The government is in the process of digitizing the services of the states. We…
Extreme political views and decent humour in the cyber world cannot be prohibited, Centre told the Supreme Court today while making out a case for blocking outrageous and offensive contents hurting religious sentiments. “The extreme political views or contrary views and decent humour cannot be prohibited,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta submitted before a…