Special train to showcase IT initiatives
Monday, 26 April 2010, 14:52 IST   |    47 Comments
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New Delhi: The government will soon launch a special train to showcase its e-governance initiatives, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Piolt said. "IT is playing an important role in facilitating economic progress of the country and it is a key objective of the government to broadbase access of IT-enabled government services and e-governance initiatives," said Pilot. A joint initiative by the ministries of IT and railways, the train will run across the country. The minister said the national e-governance programme aimed to leverage IT to deliver services like birth and death certificates, land records and information related to farm techniques at a fraction of the cost and time involved. It will have nearly 40 stops, some of which will be synchronised with the passing of the Commonwealth Games baton at those locations. The train is expected to have six exhibition coaches for IT and five for the railways. A telecom ministry statement said the railways ministry had waived off all costs related to operation of the train.
Source: IANS
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