Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Friday, 26 December 2014
Department of Posts Launches Some More IT Based Services on Good Governance Day
On the occasion of Good Governance day today, the Department of Posts- “India Post” showcased some of the web based services which would be beneficial to the citizens of India.
It participated in the exhibition organized by the Ministry of Communications & Information technology. The “India Post” pavilion showcased following initiatives:
The usage of hand held device which would be used by village Postmaster. All types of transactions related to the services of Post will be offered through the wireless hand held device in rural post offices under the ongoing IT project.
(ii) My Stamp counter was set up where any individual who desires, can get customized stamp made which could also be used as postage.
(iii) The monitoring of mail transmission under MNOP (Mail Network Optimisation Project) and of Project Arrow Offices through web based tools was displayed.
(iv) The functioning of e-Post Office- a virtual Post Office where an individual can do postal transaction was also on display.
(v) A pilot connecting weavers of Varanasi with e-commerce was started today at Varanasi and its portal was displayed in the exhibition in Delhi. Under the Pilot, Department of Posts and M/s Snapdeal, under the existing agreement of cooperation, will do hand holding of domestic manufacturers by helping them through post office in putting their products on the e-commerce platform. An ecommerce desk is set up in Varanasi Head Post Office where registration of weavers etc and uploading of their products would be facilitated. Management of orders received, payment processing, returns management would be done by Snapdeal. Packaging, if required, booking of articles and final delivery to online buyer would be undertaken by Department of Posts.
To mark the occasion the Minster of Communications &Information Technology Shri Ravi Shanker Prasad launched an e-Book and a pocket book on products and services of Department of Posts. He also announced the enhancement of maximum sum assured limit in Postal Life Insurance from 20 to 50 lakh rupees. Details are:
e-Book
As part of the agenda to promote good governance through e-initiatives in the Department of Posts, an e-Book is being launched. This e-Book can be accessed directly on the India Post official website or by scanning a Quick Response (QR) Code Printed on a card. Details of the new initiatives of the Department of Posts, along with existing services are available on the e-Book.
e-Pocket Book
In order to provide an easy to carry reference book containing the details of all products and services of the Department of Posts in hard form, a Pocket Book is also being launched. This would be available in all post offices and shall promote Good Governance by making details of services and their rates available to the common man, in a simple, reader friendly and pocket sized format.
Postal Life Insurance:
The present maximum sum assured limit in Postal Life Insurance is Rs. 20 lakh per individual. In order to give benefit of greater insurance to the customers, upper insurance limit has been enhanced from Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh.
Postal life insurance limit hiked to Rs 50 lakh
New Delhi, December 25
To mark the Good Governance Day, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today announced that the limit of postal life insurance has been raised from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, besides launching one-month rental-free MTNL broadband and landline combo plans on new bookings.
The 21 schemes he announced also included support for international patent protection in electronics and an Internet-based real-time system to provide eServices in rural India.
December 25 is being celebrated across the country as Good Governance Day, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said was ushered in by the previous NDA regime led by Atal Bihar Vajpayee and is being carried out in this government. It also coincides with Vajpayee’s birthday.
“Good governance can be effectively achieved through the vision of Digital India of digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen, governance and services on demand and digital empowerment of citizens,” Prasad said in his address.
In the last six months, the government has taken a number of landmark initiatives. Digital India programme is committed to taking the cause of good governance forward in letter and spirit, he added.
Key projects include time stamping of digital signature, Integrated Indian Languages Virtual Keyboard for Android, 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).
Prasad also handed over disbursements under the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme(M-SIPS) and Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) disbursement.
The Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) also launched Gyansetu, which is an Internet-based real-time ICT system to provide eServices to the rural population and e-Governance Competency Framework (e-GCF).
Another launch was that of C-DOT’s solution MAX-NG, a cost-effective and smooth migration path to the Internet Protocol Multimedia Systems (IMS).
It will ensure a smooth transition from old telephone system to voice over Internet protocol and will enable consumers to enjoy voice, data and video services on existing landlines at affordable cost.
Telecom Secretary Rajesh Garg said the government has planned to cover about 55,669 villages as yet uncovered by mobile connectivity all over India in a phased manner by March 2019.
The focus is to reach remote areas like North-Eastern States, Himalayan States, Border States and Islands and more importantly the Left Wing Extremism affected areas in the country, he added.
DeitY Secretary R S Sharma said his department has taken various initiatives like MyGov, Aadhaar-enabled Biometric attendance system, Jeevan Pramaan, eGreetings, eSampark, National Digital Literacy Mission, eGovernance Competency Framework to promote good governance.
Saturday, 20 December 2014
Blind Mathematician: Lakkoju Sanjeevaraya Sharma
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
It is popular belief that disable persons are unable to do something great. But it is not fact at all. Lakkoju Sanjeevaraya Sharma was a little known Indian mathematician from Andhra Pradesh. He was born blind and gave many Mathematical Avadhanams (Ganitavadhanams) and surprised the elite and educated people.
He was born on 27 November 1907 at Kalluru village of Proddatur mandal (Block) in Cuddapah district in a pious Brahmin family. His parents are Lakkoju Pedda Pullaiah and Nagamma. He had no formal education. He was married to Adilakshmamma at the tender age of 19.
He gave his first performance at Andhra Mahasabha at Nandyala (Kurnool District) in 1928 chaired by Indian philosopher and statesman Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975). Nandyal is a town; originally called Nandalluru, is a major centre of trade, commerce, education and industries in the region. He was also invited to New Delhi by the then Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and performed before the 1st President Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) and other dignitaries. He was widely traveled and gave about 7,000 performances in several states e.g. AP, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and New Delhi (UT but state status). One of the memorable performances was given on December 7th 1966 at Sri Krishna Devaraya Andhra Bhasha Nilayam, Hyderabad. He has prepared Indian Calendar for 4000 years. He has received many Gold medals, honors and felicitations.
He was invited to USA in 1993 by the Telugu community but could not attend due to Visa problem. He got honorary Ph D from Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati in 1996. It is a tragedy that a mathematical giant spent his old age in utter poverty in an asbestos room at Srikalahasti, a holy town and a municipality in the Chittoor district. But the Government showed lukewarm response to support such type of stammering personality. He was playing Violin every evening at Kalahasteswara (Lord Shiva) temple and used to get some honourorium from the Devasthanam (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, TTD) authorities. He died in 1998.
Monday, 1 December 2014
Introduction of Plastic Notes
It has been decided by the Government to introduce plastic notes in the denomination of Rs. 10/-. One billion plastic notes of the denomination of Rs. 10/- will be introduced in a field trial in five cities selected for their geographical and climatic diversity. The primary objective of introduction of polymer/plastic notes is to increase its life and not to combat counterfeiting. The cities selected for field train are Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneswar.
The Reserve Bank of India has informed that since the proposal is at a trial stage, the decision on replacement of currency notes with plastic notes will depend on the outcome offield trial.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Jayant Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today (28/11/2014).
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