eGovWatch: Wipro, Andhra Pradesh ink deal to build Enterprise Architecture

Andhra Pradesh Government has signed an MoU with Wipro for building and implementing the State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA). The APSEA aims to be a lever for transformational change in the way government services are conceived, designed, delivered and consumed, state’s IT, Electronics and Communications Secretary B Sreedhar said, adding the Bangalore-headquartered IT major would be…

eGovWatch: Parkash Singh Badal wants Punjab to be included in ‘Digital India’ programme

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to include the state in the country’s flagship ‘Digital India’ programme. Badal today urged the Prime Minister to fund the state government’s ambitious programme for establishing 2,174 Unified Citizen Service Delivery Centres at a cost of nearly Rs 550 crore under integrated…

‘ICT in e-Governance Can Spur Rural Growth’

The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in e-governance can bring about revolutionary changes in rural development, said  Prof P Narasimha Rao of Kakatiya University, Warangal. Addressing a one-day national seminar on ‘Role of Information and Communication Technology in Rural Development’ here at SDM Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala (women’s college) here Wednesday, he said efficiency,…

Rights abuse rampant in India: Amnesty

Amnesty International has pulled up India, saying impunity is widespread for human rights abuses by state and non-state actors in the country. In its annual report, to be released on Wednesday, the global human rights watchdog has said state authorities often failed to prevent and at times committed crimes against children, women, dalits and adivasi…

U.S. names first-ever LGBT human rights envoy

The United States Department of State on Monday named its first-ever special envoy to advocate globally for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Randy Berry, an openly gay senior diplomat, has served as U.S. Consul General in Amsterdam since 2012. His earlier foreign service postings included Nepal, Bangladesh, Egypt, Uganda,…