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This oped explored how a government service delivery can manifest social trust between citizens and government with an exemplar of a service delivery platform.
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the E-Chhawani portal and mobile app that provides online civic services to over 20 lakh residents of 62 Cantonment Boards across the country.
In the op-ed we explored how digitally excluded communities engage with #governance and highlighted that even in ‘Digital India’, humans are significant in brokering trust between governments and citizens.
Omidyar Network India and eGov Foundation co-authored the OpEd which underlines the opportunity that Indian cities have to ramp up property tax revenues to meet their financial needs.
To achieve the ambitious plan of driving e-governance across planning authorities in the Union Territory.
In this new normal, when everyone across the country is maintaining social distance and trying to avoid outdoor activities with a goal to fight against the pandemic
Industry News
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Industry News
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- Govt may set up task force on mandatory seeding of Aadhaar for enrollment and remittances under the EPFO
- Visakhapatnam development body's draft master plan eyes transit-oriented development
- SC stays Bombay HC verdict cancelling caste certificate of independent MP of Amravati
- J&K amends service rules for state civil service recruits, seeks more personal details that can be verified by CID
- President Kovind appoints Justice MN Bhandari as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
- MP-cadre IAS officer Lokesh Singh Jangid terms action against him as surprising and ‘malafide’
- Former Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay on the edge, may lose all all post-retirement benefits
- Centre names AGMUT-cadre IAS officer Dharam Pal as adviser to administrator of Chandigarh
- Telangana's Warangal Urban now becomes Hanamkonda district
- Bihar IAS officer Sajjan R in the soup over FIR in domestic violence case
- Is Collector touching the feet of Chief Minister unreasonable? Perhaps not, when it is KCR
- Facing ire from UP administration IPS officer Gaurav Banswal deactivates his twitter account
- Andhra shuffles top GVMC administrators as state looks to shift executive capital to Viskahapatnam next month
- Goa government increases property registration fee
- President, PM condole death of DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra
- May 28, 2021
eChhawani services available in Hindi, English, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Marathi; Trainings were conducted on April 5-7, 2021 in three ULBs of Odisha-Dhenkanal, Berhampur and Balasore
- April 1, 2021
The State government on February 12, 2021 launched the Online Building Plan Approval System (OBPAS) under 5T initiative to fast-track the process and ensure ease of doing business
- March 1, 2021
The virtual launch of Digital Initiatives by MoHUA was held on February 23, 2021 in the presence of the Hon'ble Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, and the Hon'ble Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad.
- January 31, 2021
PUNJAB MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (PMIDC) was awarded the position in the Best Civic Agency Category at #JanaagrahaCityGovernanceAwards2020 for Municipal E-Governance project on January 12, 2021.
- December 31, 2020
In another step towards reforming the urban sector, as a part of the municipal accounting reforms across all the 88 ULBs (Urban Local Bodies) in the state, Haryana govt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eGov Foundation on December 21, 2020.
- October 30, 2020
eGov Foundation has been selected for a Solidarity Grant of USD 500,000 (approx. Rs.3.6 crore) by ONFI.
Omidyar Network India announced ‘Solidarity Grants’ amounting to $1.9 million (~Rs. 13.6 crores) to 11 current and alumni grantees working at the grassroots.
eGov Talks
In this sessions, the speakers stressed on India's sanitation needs and models of fecal sludge management.
An insightful session centered around Urban and the impact it can have on the communities and on why/how eGov is uniquely placed to solve societal problems.
Shri Mathi shared how the State planning machinery is coping with the current Crisis, inter-departmental coordination, controlling spread in Slums, and protecting lives and livelihood
Dr. Joshi talked about the various issues faced by the urban poor amidst several state and national schemes and programs to address their vulnerabilities.
Dr. Shah is the co-author, together with Dr. Vijay Kelkar, of the book "In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy"
Mr. Shankar shared his approach towards and experience of Magical thinking with references from the Aadhar and EkStep Foundation.
Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation, shares eGov’s perspective of sustainable urbanization with innovation in ONward Talks, a platform curated by Omidyar Network
Dr. Poornima emphasized on how the power of the organization and the individual can create a synergy to solve societal challenges
eGov Events
The panelists explored the idea of the smart city in practice - what does it actually take to make a city smart, i.e. able to learn from data on the city itself.
The event organized by Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy - Ashoka University and eGov Foundation had industry leaders from non-profits, ecosystem organizations, fundraising organizations, & think tanks weighing on the future of hiring in the social sector.
The panel of speakers discussed their observations and experience on the phenomenon of citizens building and shaping the environs of our cities.
Rohini shared how cities have shaped up as fundamental units of human existence and highlighted how citizen groups are interacting with other actors to ensure a better society for all
A diverse panel of experts and practitioners explored how citizens across India are reimagining our cities from the “first mile”, where grassroots innovations emerge.
Abhishek shed light on how our platform DIGIT has enabled increasing trust, equity and innovation for market players
Panel used this opportunity to deliberate d how they plan to leverage technology to accelerate societal impact.
Pramod Verma spoke about how markets can leverage open digital infrastructure to accelerate impact and solve complex and large scale societal problems in the country.
We stressed on how open digital infrastructure can widen the opportunity pool for market players and make it equitable for all stakeholders to amplify the impact at speed and scale.
We stressed on how open digital infrastructure can widen the opportunity pool for market players and make it equitable to amplify the impact at speed and scale.
Panel of speakers discussed the potential of technology and e-governance
in Urban India’s context and the role that the government will play in that journey.
Dr. RS Sharma elaborated upon the key principles that drove Aadhaar, and how these design principles have been subsequently applied in various domains of digital governance.
Hiren shared the highlights of our Impact Report encompassing a time capsule of our journey, and celebrating the accomplishments of the ecosystem.
Industry Events
IITMAA Webinar: Delivering Social Impact | eGov’s Fellowship Project in Innovation4Bharat Program
The webinar highlighted how the one-year, full-time Fellowship program is a unique initiative that empowers individuals to become change agents.
eGov @ Charcha2020 | Partnering with government to scale service delivery
A panel discussion convened by the Nudge Foundation with civil society, social enterprise and development sector leaders who are working on the ground to respond to the challenges posted by Covid in partnership with state governments.
eGov News
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eGov New
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This oped explored how a government service delivery can manifest social trust between citizens and government with an exemplar of a service delivery platform.
Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the E-Chhawani portal and mobile app that provides online civic services to over 20 lakh residents of 62 Cantonment Boards across the country.
In the op-ed we explored how digitally excluded communities engage with #governance and highlighted that even in ‘Digital India’, humans are significant in brokering trust between governments and citizens.
Omidyar Network India and eGov Foundation co-authored the OpEd which underlines the opportunity that Indian cities have to ramp up property tax revenues to meet their financial needs.
To achieve the ambitious plan of driving e-governance across planning authorities in the Union Territory.
In this new normal, when everyone across the country is maintaining social distance and trying to avoid outdoor activities with a goal to fight against the pandemic
Industry News
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Industry News
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- Govt may set up task force on mandatory seeding of Aadhaar for enrollment and remittances under the EPFO
- Visakhapatnam development body's draft master plan eyes transit-oriented development
- SC stays Bombay HC verdict cancelling caste certificate of independent MP of Amravati
- J&K amends service rules for state civil service recruits, seeks more personal details that can be verified by CID
- President Kovind appoints Justice MN Bhandari as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
- MP-cadre IAS officer Lokesh Singh Jangid terms action against him as surprising and ‘malafide’
- Former Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay on the edge, may lose all all post-retirement benefits
- Centre names AGMUT-cadre IAS officer Dharam Pal as adviser to administrator of Chandigarh
- Telangana's Warangal Urban now becomes Hanamkonda district
- Bihar IAS officer Sajjan R in the soup over FIR in domestic violence case
- Is Collector touching the feet of Chief Minister unreasonable? Perhaps not, when it is KCR
- Facing ire from UP administration IPS officer Gaurav Banswal deactivates his twitter account
- Andhra shuffles top GVMC administrators as state looks to shift executive capital to Viskahapatnam next month
- Goa government increases property registration fee
- President, PM condole death of DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra
eGov Events
eGov Talks
In this sessions, the speakers stressed on India's sanitation needs and models of fecal sludge management.
An insightful session centered around Urban and the impact it can have on the communities and on why/how eGov is uniquely placed to solve societal problems.
Shri Mathi shared how the State planning machinery is coping with the current Crisis, inter-departmental coordination, controlling spread in Slums, and protecting lives and livelihood
Dr. Joshi talked about the various issues faced by the urban poor amidst several state and national schemes and programs to address their vulnerabilities.
Dr. Shah is the co-author, together with Dr. Vijay Kelkar, of the book "In Service of the Republic: The Art and Science of Economic Policy"
Mr. Shankar shared his approach towards and experience of Magical thinking with references from the Aadhar and EkStep Foundation.
Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation, shares eGov’s perspective of sustainable urbanization with innovation in ONward Talks, a platform curated by Omidyar Network
Dr. Poornima emphasized on how the power of the organization and the individual can create a synergy to solve societal challenges
eGov Events
The panelists explored the idea of the smart city in practice - what does it actually take to make a city smart, i.e. able to learn from data on the city itself.
The event organized by Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy - Ashoka University and eGov Foundation had industry leaders from non-profits, ecosystem organizations, fundraising organizations, & think tanks weighing on the future of hiring in the social sector.
The panel of speakers discussed their observations and experience on the phenomenon of citizens building and shaping the environs of our cities.
Rohini shared how cities have shaped up as fundamental units of human existence and highlighted how citizen groups are interacting with other actors to ensure a better society for all
A diverse panel of experts and practitioners explored how citizens across India are reimagining our cities from the “first mile”, where grassroots innovations emerge.
Abhishek shed light on how our platform DIGIT has enabled increasing trust, equity and innovation for market players
Panel used this opportunity to deliberate d how they plan to leverage technology to accelerate societal impact.
Pramod Verma spoke about how markets can leverage open digital infrastructure to accelerate impact and solve complex and large scale societal problems in the country.
We stressed on how open digital infrastructure can widen the opportunity pool for market players and make it equitable for all stakeholders to amplify the impact at speed and scale.
We stressed on how open digital infrastructure can widen the opportunity pool for market players and make it equitable to amplify the impact at speed and scale.
Panel of speakers discussed the potential of technology and e-governance
in Urban India’s context and the role that the government will play in that journey.
Dr. RS Sharma elaborated upon the key principles that drove Aadhaar, and how these design principles have been subsequently applied in various domains of digital governance.
Hiren shared the highlights of our Impact Report encompassing a time capsule of our journey, and celebrating the accomplishments of the ecosystem.
Industry Events
IITMAA Webinar: Delivering Social Impact | eGov’s Fellowship Project in Innovation4Bharat Program
The webinar highlighted how the one-year, full-time Fellowship program is a unique initiative that empowers individuals to become change agents.
eGov @ Charcha2020 | Partnering with government to scale service delivery
A panel discussion convened by the Nudge Foundation with civil society, social enterprise and development sector leaders who are working on the ground to respond to the challenges posted by Covid in partnership with state governments.
