Monday, May 26th, 2014
The government of Maharashtra is cleaning up voter lists using IT tools, to minimize duplications in voter ID cards and correct errors. Face-recognition algorithm and geographic information system (GIS) technology are examples of the information technologies being...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
The Maharashtra government is finally climbing the technology curve. It has decided to use geographical information systems (GIS) and other spatial technologies for urban planning. The new plan for redevelopment of very old buildings would be created...
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Cultivation of poppy that is infamous for its use in production of opium, seems to be the new trend in Maharashtra. Five days after the police in Beed exposed 100 acres of illicit poppy farms, their counterparts...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The school education department of the Maharashtra government has finalised the master plan for the new primary, higher primary and secondary schools in the rural areas of the state. Using Geographical Information Service (GIS), the department has...
