On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:08 AM, CK Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Indranil Das Gupta >> The fact is Mr. Chakraborty is a Project Co-ordinator / IT Officer >> with the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) Dept, Govt of WB. He > .... >> So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its > > ======== > Disclosure II > ------------------ > > From Ranjit Kumar Maiti, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, > Government of West Bengal, Kolkata > Posted 10 August 2007 > > Dear Friends, > I work with the Government of West Bengal in the Panchayat and Rural > Development Department. We have taken a number of initiatives to > empower panchayats at the grassroots level to make them responsive to > the needs of the common citizens. One of the ways the local government > Panchayati Raj Institutions can be effective is by keeping in close > touch with the problems of the common people and responding to their > aspirations. > > To supplement to our e-governance efforts in the Panchayat and Rural > Development Department, we are going to experiment with mobile > technology in remote and inaccessible areas for dissemination of > various types of information that could be useful to the people - like > alerts for important fund releases; organization of health camps and > polio vaccination camps; disaster alerts etc. using push technology > (by which the Web Server "pushes" information to the user rather than > waiting for the user to request for information). > .............. > ...[the document quotes large number of examples and produces emails > of those who have applauded the efforts ..] > .. the document is at > http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/en/Download-document/734-Mobile-Technology-for-e-Governance.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Re-joinder to Disclosure > ================= > > "..The application will provides Microsoft COM based APIs to develop > and integrate > with custom applications. The following is SMS enterprise framework: > [.figure given here...] > The SMS enterprise will be is a high performance and highly scalable > software. The software will allows to control the speed since many > SMPP service providers will not allow sending messages above a > specified throughput. SMS enterprise can be integrated with almost any > type of software with a short messaging requirement..." > > ... [and finally the cost factor].. > > "a].Purchase of OS for Server (Enterprise with 60 user license) 1,50,000 > b].Purchase of SMS Enterprise Server software > 6,00,000 > c].Purchase of SMS Pack of 2 lac SMS valid for 1year 1,00,000 > d].Purchase of Antivirus solution for all handhelds for 1year > subscription 1,00,000" > > ...[and who is responsible for execution] > "..Shri Subhra Chakrabarty, WBCS (EXE), Programme Officer IT [having] > Experience in Accounts, Panchayat & Rural Developments, Database > Management, Project Managements & Computerisations [responsible for] > Development of Software, Training, Facilitation, Handholding & > Management of the Project..." > > The entire document is at > http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/decn/comm_update/res-21-150308-13.pdf > > [..somewhere in this document it also mentions that NIC has been > instructed to develop GPMS in open source software.. Java components > ??..]
> =================================== > > CK Raju > > "At the end of every revolution, the planets reach the same spot." > [heard from Amarnath Raja, CEO Inapp] > > My rejoinder : The left front should be a planet. We are discussing this issue for past 2 weeks. I request FSF India to write an Open letter to WB Govt. I feel Debeesh Das (It minister, WB govt) was a speaker in Free Software and e-governance in recent Chennai programme (Controversial). We need to ask him to act on this immediately. Anivar -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list [email protected] http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
