IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The facility will help banks and financial institutions to benefit through the process of 'Registration of Charges', a valuable input for credit evaluation. Technology partner TCS will provide IT infrastructure like computers, printers, scanners and other peripherals, as well as set up facilitation centers for the first three years of the project. There will be 53 such locations spread throughout the country, besides a Primary Data Center in Delhi and a Disaster Recovery Center in Chennai.

Announcing the launch of the e-governance initiative at DGS&D, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jairam Ramesh said this move will bring down the cost of procurement and bring in transparency benefitting both Government and trade.

The logistical framework for healthcare in India is daunting -- its system includes state, central and local governments, as well as private providers, serving over one billion people in both rural and urban locations. IBM Research is finding ways for information technology to make the system less of an obstacle course and more help to India’s vast population.