Let’s suppose Facebook is a nation. It is then the world’s third most populous nation, after China and India. It is perhaps the only nation whose citizens come from all parts of the world—where everyone lives harmoniously, meets and corresponds with each other seamlessly, shares information, thoughts and ideas openly. Everyone wants to be in this…
The government’s approach towards universal Internet access is marred by dichotomy. While the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, calls Internet one of the most effective means of communication and urges authorities to post more information online, some newly issued guidelines appear to be an attempt to gag freedom of online expression. The RTI Act…
The environment ministry has published draft rules to regulate the management of information and communication technology (ICT) waste. Although an important step towards sustainable development, the E-Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2010, likely to come into force next year, fall short on some key parameters. First, the rules fail to integrate the informal sector in…
India’s nearly 250,000 panchayats are the gateways to its villages, where the bulk of the population resides. The objective of e-governance cannot be realised without digitizing these village councils and ensuring that their three million officers are trained to be a part of the nationwide drive. Sadly, we are a long way behind. The country…
INET Delhi 2009, Towards an Enabling Internet Access Environment was held in New Delhi – a conference themed on Internet for Development presented by Internet Society (ISOC) in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation.
Community Radio in the hands of community Operations and Collaborations at Tilonia, Ajmer was a three day workshop to understand operations of Community Radio by the local communities. This workshop impact was high on the communities and most of them enjoyed hands on experience during the training of the workshop. Through the workshop the local…
This was the first ever Digital Panchayat workshop held at Maharashtra spearheading through concept of Local Area Portal. In this workshop, 50 Panchayats participated in 2day long activity to understand ICT literacy through the workshop training. In a short span of time after its first pilot workshop, Maharashtra incorporated the concept and 100 Panchayats were enabled by…
