Kumari Palany & Co

E-governance schemes announced

Posted on: 09/May/2013 3:27:42 PM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced that more than Rs. 100 crores will be allocated to set up an Information Technology official cadre. The cadre would be in charge of e governance across the State.

Speaking at the Assembly on Wednesday, Ms. Jayalalithaa said, ‘While Rs. 50 crore would be spent towards the second stage of expansion of Tamil Nadu State Wide Area Network, Rs. 10 crore would be spent on providing `Redundant Connectivity` and Rs. 40 crore on `Horizontal Connectivity`… The government would also install `Cloud Computing` in the State Data Centre at a cost of Rs. 11 crore. Another Rs.six crore would be allocated for storing geographical information needed for government departments. A separate `e-Governance Initiative Fund` would also be created with Rs. 10 crore… With these initiatives, all services from the government to general public and businessmen would be provided without any delay.’