DeitY launches projects on Good Governance Day

NEW DELHI: The Department of Electronics and Information Technology ( DeitY), on Thursday celebrated good governance day, and launched some key projects for the telecom, IT and postal departments.

The Department launched time stamping of digital signature, integrated Indian languages virtual keyboard for Android platform, Param Shavak (super computer in box solution), .bharat domain in Gujarati and Bangla, e-launch of support international patent protection in Electronics & IT scheme (SIP-EIT), disbursements under modified special incentive package scheme(m-SIPS), electronics manufacturing clusters (EMC) disbursement, gyansetu – an internet based real time ICT systems to provide e-services to the rural population of india, MTNL apps for android smart phones and e-governance competency framework (e-GCF).

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad emphasized that “simple, inclusive technology has transformative power and is the source of good governance”.
DeitY has taken a lead in good governance through its initiatives like MyGov, Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System, e-Greetings, e-Sampark, National Digital Literacy Mission, e-Governance Competency Framework, said RS Sharma, Secretary, DeitY.

“All government officials need to develop a positive mindset for e-governance and other Information and communication technology (ICT) programmes. They also need to update their ICT skills on a regular basis”, he added.

The event also saw the launch of e-Books for the three departments- telecom, IT and posts.