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IT Governance For Depositories

CIRCULAR CIR/MRD/DMS/ 03 /2014 January 21, 2014 To All Depositories Dear Sir/ Madam Subject: (Information Technology) IT Governance For Depositories 1. SEBI constituted the Depository System Review Committee (DSRC) to undertake a comprehensive review of the Indian depository system. Based on the recommendations of DSRC, following guidelines are issued to strengthen the Information Technology (IT)… Read More

Tags: Depository System Review Committee, Exchange Board of India Act, India, Information Security, Information technology, SEBI, Securities & Exchange Board of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992

A Clarion Call to BPOs in india

Introduction: Business Process Outsourcing is the transfer of non- core business activities of a particular entity to another entity, which has as its core-business the business outsourced. The different kinds of services offered by BPO's include Customer Support, Technical Support, Telemarketing, Insurance Processing, Data Processing, Internet / Online / Web Research and so on. There… Read More

Tags: BPO, Business process outsourcing, India, Information technology, Information Technology Act, Information Technology Act 2000, Network Service Provider, Technical Support

CCA Ordered mandating generation of DSCs on Tokens only w.e.f 25th Nov 2013

F.No.CCA/DC(T)/2013-98 (pt.) Government of India Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Department of Electronics & Information Technology Office of Controller of Certifying Authorities New Delhi 25th October 2013 OFFICE ORDER The Security of Private keys corresponding to the DSCs being issued by Certifying Authorities (CA) to subscribers has always been a matter of concern. In… Read More

Tags: Certificate Policy, FIPS 140, Government of India, India, Information technology, New Delhi, Public-key cryptography, Public-key infrastructure

Sharing of Information Technology Resources by banks Guidelines

RBI/2013-14/327 UBD CO BPD No.31/09.18.300/2013-14 October 17, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Sharing of Information Technology Resources by banks guidelines As announced in the Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14 (paragraph 101), with the increased use of information technology (IT) infrastructure by banks, there is a need to… Read More

Tags: Commercial bank, Information technology, Monetary policy, rbi, Reserve Bank of India, Run batted in, Shared resource, Telephone exchange

MCA Invites comments on Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India

Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India is attached herewith (Click Here) for comments by general public. Comments are invited till 31-Oct-2013. The comments can be sent to Smt. Kamna Sharma (Assistant Director, MCA) on Email:kamna.sharma@mca.gov.in ----------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the Report: "In the Indian context, the landscape of regulatory environment… Read More

Tags: Business, Committee, Corporate Affairs Ministry, Doing Business Report, Ease of doing business index, India, Information technology, World Bank

RBI launches the 7th Round of Survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services Exports

The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting survey on Computer Software and Information Technology Enabled Services Exports annually since 2002-03.The survey results are used for compilation of balance of payments (BoP) statistics. The 7th round of the Survey with 2012-13 as the reference period has been launched. The survey collects data on various aspects of computer… Read More

Tags: Bandra, Bandra Kurla Complex, BPO, Business process outsourcing, Information technology, Mumbai, Reserve Bank of India, Run batted in

Free Voicecall and Messaging

Licenses for provision of Telecom Services are issued to Indian companies under Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. Unrestricted Internet telephony Services are permitted under the scope of Unified Access Service (UAS) in terms of the UAS Guidelines dated 14th December 2005. Similar provisions are there in Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS) and Basic Service Licence. Restricted… Read More

Tags: India, Indian Telegraph Act 1885, Information technology, Information Technology Act 2000, Internet service provider, Lok Sabha, Public Land Mobile Network, Skype

CSC and E-District Mission Mode Projects

607 Common Service Centres (CSCs) and 142 e-District Mission Mode Projects have been implemented in all the States (except CSC in the Union Territory of Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu and Karnataka). The details are available at http://deitY.gov.in. The details of CSC and e-District is as under:- Common Service Centre: The State Designed Agencies implementing the Scheme in the State hold regular meetings… Read More

Tags: CSC, Daman Diu, Implementation, Infochimps, Information technology, Karnataka, States, United States

R&D initiatives of DeitY leading to Transfer of Technology for Wireless Traffic Control System (WiTraC) to domestic companies

The Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) has come out with a number of policies and initiatives to boost the electronic hardware manufacturing in the country. It has been a sustained endeavor of the department to take up R&D through its own societies as also academic institutions and R&D laboratories to develop technologies, which… Read More

Tags: CDAC, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hertz, India, Indore, Information technology, Kapil Sibal

India™s Exports of Computer Services 75.2 per cent of Total Software Services Exports in 2011-12: RBI Survey

The Reserve Bank of India today released, on its website, the data related to the results of Computer Software and Information Technology (IT) Services Exports: 2011-12. The data compiled are based on the annual survey on ˜Computer Software and Information Technology Services Exports™. The survey is intended to provide information on various aspects of computer services exports… Read More

Tags: BPO, Business process outsourcing, India, Information technology, IT service management, Outsourcing, Reserve Bank of India, United States

Annual Conference of the Controllers of Communication Accounts

Shri Kapil Sibal Inaugurates Annual Conference of CCAs The annual conference of the Controllers of Communication Accounts (CCAs) of the Department of Telecom was inaugurated by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Sh Kapil Sibal here today. The inauguration was also attended by the Secretary and Members of the Telecom Commission. In his inaugural… Read More

Tags: Bihar, Gujarat, Inauguration, India, Information technology, Ishrat Jahan, Kapil Sibal, Patna

IPR India – Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions

Information Technology has gained special significance in the past two decades. It has emerged as a vital tool for scientific development. The term Information Technology encompasses the whole gamut of inputting, storing, retrieving, transmitting and managing data through the use of computers and various other networks, hardware, software, electronics and telecommunication equipments. Industry has witnessed… Read More

Tags: Information technology, Intellectual property, Law, Patent, Patent Act, Patent application, Services, World Wide Web

Kapil Sibal Launches e-Gov Appstore

Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, today launched the pilot e-Gov application store. This e-Gov Appstore has been designed, developed and hosted by DeitY through NIC. The Appstore will being functional efficiencies in the government and enable citizen to receive services in more streamlined manner. Inclusion of IT is… Read More

Tags: Application Store, Government, Government of India, India, Information technology, Kapil Sibal, Shri Kapil Sibal, United States