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The Haryana Government will take its information technology (IT) initiative to the people by setting up 1,263 IT kiosks that will handle common services.

The biggest beneficiaries of the E-Disha Ekal Seva Kendras will be the rural masses who will no longer have to travel long distances for common services.

These Common Service Centres (CSCs), 1,159 of which will be set up in the rural areas, will help governance and education, health, entertainment and other possible government and private services. The CSCs will be developed through a public-private partnership model to encourage economically sustainable models for social development.

“It will be a one-step collection centre for many services. Our target is to make the CSCs fully functional during 2007. People will be able to make payments of electricity and water bills online from home”, Dr Dalip Singh, Secretary, Public Health, had said recently at the launch of the Haryana Public Health Department website……

Read More @ The Tribune

The Information technology industry is witnessing a transformation of unbelievable magnitude. As an industry, it has become the epitome of success in India. To me, 2006 depicted 365 days of excitement, innovation and heightened activity in diverse businesses and functions of the information technology industry.

For a revolution which started in India in the late Nineties post Y2K, now, after half a decade, the Indian information technology industry has carved a niche for itself in the global marketplace and has placed India on the global map as a country synonymous with first class skills sets and extensive knowledge of science and technology.

The rise of IT education, product development, ERP, CRM, HCM, offshoring, software services or even business integration, are all a result of the evolution of IT and its use to build businesses the world over. From just an exporter of IT, India is also becoming a significant consumer of IT……

Read More @ Economic Times

With a strong presence in the sugar, engineering and textile industry, Kolhapur is now keen on becoming an IT destination as tier I cities reach saturation point.

The city’s members of the Promoters and Builders Association of Kolhapur (PBAK) along with Software Technology Park of India (STPI) are developing 80 acres for IT parks and have an additional 100 acres of land available for companies interested in developing their own campus.

Besides, the various stakeholders like the Shivaji University, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Nasscom and government officials, including the municipal commissioner of Kolhapur are supporting the venture.

Over the last 12 months six companies have set up operations in the STPI incubator and now employ over 230 people….

Read More @ Business Standard