Kerala 2014-15 Budget gives impetus for e-Governance projects

Trivandrum: Finance Minister Shri K M Mani’s record 12th Budget presented in the Niyamasabha provides a thrust to the various e-Governance projects in Kerala with an allocation of Rs.313 crores. In his budget speech, the Finance Minister said the government would take up projects to provide online services to all sections of the society including government officials, teachers, farmers, students, and workers.

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Richard Stallman calls for increased use of Free Software

Trivandrum: Richard M Stallman, the founder of the GNU Project and the free Software movement, has stressed the need to promote the use of free software and reduce the dependence on non-free software programmes. He said this during his talk on ‘A Free Digital Society’ in Thiruvananthapuram today, which was organised by the Society for Promotion of Alternate Computing and Employment (SPACE) on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.

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