The Department of information & Technology (DIT) has announced that it intends to complete the development of a platform that would enable government to citizen services on mobile phones, by December 2011, according to a PTI report. The report quotes Shankar Aggarwal,additional secretary, DIT who confirms the same. Two groups have been formed to sort out conflicting issues among stakeholders and to frame a roadmap for the technology that will be used by the DIT for deploying M-Governance services. According to the report, the mobile service delivery gateway will be developed by IT firms in partnership with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). There has also been news about a conflict arising amongst the government and telecom operators on the issue of pricing, and that the telcos do not want government interference, when comes to finalizing the tariffs for the services. Although the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) wants the TRAI to decide on tariffs, the DIT wants its committee to work on the tariffs. The DIT will also come out with a notification on the standards for mobile applications by end of this month, and is holding a round-table meeting with mobile application developers next week. The Indian Government's Mobile Governance Policy Framework The government has proposed formulating a comprehensive policy on Mobile Governance and the National e-Governance Division(NeGD) within DIT has floated a Draft Consultation Paper on Mobile Governance Policy Framework, which is available online (pdf) so that various stakeholders across Government Departments, Industry, and Citizens can give their feedback and comments…
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