Policy

eGov: Expensive Internet Services For Farmers; eDistricts CSCs Behind Schedule

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 12th, 2010 |

One would expect that pricing of Internet access to farmers would be highly subsidized, and not as expensive as cybercafes: the Agriculture Department of Andhra Pradesh is running pilot programmes ... Continue_Reading

Update: India’s 3G Auction: Expect Three Operators; Launch Only After September

By Preethi J on March 4th, 2010 |

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Update: Delayed again? I’m tired of using the word tiresome, so I’ll let Monty Python share this simple, succinct message for the Indian government: Earlier (Feb 26th): The 3G Auction notice ... Continue_Reading

Pay Tax For Downloading Apps?

By Preethi J on March 2nd, 2010 |

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Knock, knock. Who’s there? E-commerce. E-commerce, who? India does not care for you. The Union Budget 2010 is setting up the government for some serious ridicule from the Indian Internet community if this Business ... Continue_Reading

Budget 2010 Economic Survey: UID, Telecom, FDI, USO Fund, Prasar Bharati & e-Governance

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 2nd, 2010 |

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The Economic Survey 2010, which was presented in the Parliament a day before the general budget was announced, proposed a number of initiatives – from a coupon system to be ... Continue_Reading

PayPal To Resume India Payments By 3rd March; Export Code Needed

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 27th, 2010 |

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Update: (March 2nd): It appears that Paypal will no longer require an Export Code, but a ‘Purpose Code. Much easier, this way. Read the update here. Earlier (Feb 27th): The Reserve ... Continue_Reading

Indian Governments Job Portal To Take 22 Months After Approval

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 26th, 2010 |

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It’s going to be a long wait, over 22 months, for the people to get access to Indian Governments a job portal. During the announcement of the Union Budget 2009-10 ... Continue_Reading

Updated: Budget 2010: News Sites, Unique ID, GST, Gaming, Mobile, Banking

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 26th, 2010 |

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We’re reporting the telecom and digital media components of India’s 2010-2011 Budget announcement live. To watch a live stream try: Indian Goverment WebStream, CNBC-TV18, ET Now (requires Silverlight install), NDTV Profit. Budget ... Continue_Reading

Budget 2010: What The Digital Industry Wants

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 26th, 2010 |

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Every year, the IAMAI, the body representing mostly large Internet and Mobile VAS companies in India, submits a document to the Finance Ministry, requesting certain sops. Every industry body does ... Continue_Reading

Budget 2010: IRCTC Charges Reduced; E-Ticket Vans; SMS

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 24th, 2010 |

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In a railway budget that lacked the pizazz of Laloo Prasad Yadav’s announcement of Internet and DTH on trains (which never did happen, did it?), current Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Continue_Reading

Budget 2010: ET Now-Facebook, NDTV Profit, Business Standard & India Today

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 24th, 2010 |

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Economic Times Ties Up With Facebook The Economic Times and ET Now have tied up with Facebook to let users share discuss the Union Budget for the financial year 2010-11. ... Continue_Reading

Don’t Rediff & Sify Have To List In India This Fiscal?

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 24th, 2010 |

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With just over a month for the 2009-10 fiscal to end, Rediff and Sify may be running out of time to list on the Indian stock exchanges. Back in 2008, ... Continue_Reading

Magazine Fortune India Approved For Publication By MIB

By Preethi J on February 16th, 2010 |

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Fortune may just be celebrating its 80th birthday in India by launching its local edition Fortune India. It’s taken 3 years for Time Inc since it announced plans to launch ... Continue_Reading