CRN Network, July 23, 2009, 1100 hrs
Infosys Technologies recently announced that it has been awarded the eBiz Project by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Through the project, the Government of India aims to create a customer-centric environment, and providing the business community convenient and speedy access to information and services.
The scope of work under the agreement includes designing and developing the eBiz platform, establishing the support IT infrastructure, implementing, maintaining and expanding the eBiz solution and services for the next 10 years. As part of the project, Infosys will also undertake training, workshops, promotion and awareness campaigns.
“Through this project, we aim at expanding G2B services and enabling a better business experience in India,” said Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.
This ‘single window’ approach will cater to the requirements of businesses for government-to-business (G2B) services throughout the business life cycle, namely through the pre-establishment, commencement, operations, expansion and when required, closure stages of the business. The project is among the 27 Central, State and Integrated Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the National E-Governance Plan (NEGP) of the Government of India. |