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NIIT, Singapore join hands for e-governance
Wednesday, 04 October 2006, 19:30 IST
NEW DELHI: Global IT major NIIT Technologies has tied up with Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) to develop and market e-government procurement solutions.
"Singapore is regarded as a leader in implementing e-governance technology, hence we decided it's best to tie-up with the leaders to provide e-government solutions to South Asian countries," Arvind Thakur, chief executive of NIIT, said Wednesday.
As part of the contract, DSTA will be outsourcing the development and maintenance support of their government electronic business portal (GeBIZ) to NIIT, which it will market to the governments of South Asia, Middle East and Central Europe.
Said Kailash Agarwal, NIIT's e-governance project head: "With the announcement of the allocation of 
230 billion ($50.3 billion) by the Indian government under the National e-governance Action Plan, the e-governance market definitely has tremendous potential.
"Identifying this opportunity, we at NIIT planned to venture into this business."
Source: IANS
230 billion ($50.3 billion) by the Indian government under the National e-governance Action Plan, the e-governance market definitely has tremendous potential.
"Identifying this opportunity, we at NIIT planned to venture into this business."
Source: IANS