Jyotiraditya Scindia distributes E-Asia Awards
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, during the e-Asia Award ceremony, here today, stated that e-governance projects as a leading model generate excellent outcome and benefits in terms of awareness it creates. He further added that e-Industry and e-Business programmes significantly enhances internal and external e-Business alliance as well as e-Commerce efficiency. The awards function was jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) and attended by Dr. Sutanu Behuria, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce and Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC.
While distributing the e-Asia awards, Shri Scindia informed that bridging the digital divide ensures equal opportunity for people in technology usages, broadens the access to computers and provide skilled manpower to businesses. The awards were given in the categories of trade facilitation; electronic business in the public sector and private sector; bridging digital divide and special honorary.
The award focuses on projects such as improving the balance among governmental legislations, enhanced international trade and business, increase information visibility, a leading model in terms of trade simplification procedures, single entry point, successful bilateral and multilateral international cooperation, etc.
The major activities of AFACT include: analyzing and understanding the key elements of international transactions and working for the elimination of constraints; developing methods to facilitate transactions, including the relevant use of information technologies such as UN/EDIFACT and ebXML; enhancing the cooperation among the AFACT members and promoting the objectives of the mission statement in the Asia Pacific region.
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, during the e-Asia Award ceremony, here today, stated that e-governance projects as a leading model generate excellent outcome and benefits in terms of awareness it creates. He further added that e-Industry and e-Business programmes significantly enhances internal and external e-Business alliance as well as e-Commerce efficiency. The awards function was jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) and attended by Dr. Sutanu Behuria, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce and Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC.
While distributing the e-Asia awards, Shri Scindia informed that bridging the digital divide ensures equal opportunity for people in technology usages, broadens the access to computers and provide skilled manpower to businesses. The awards were given in the categories of trade facilitation; electronic business in the public sector and private sector; bridging digital divide and special honorary.
The award focuses on projects such as improving the balance among governmental legislations, enhanced international trade and business, increase information visibility, a leading model in terms of trade simplification procedures, single entry point, successful bilateral and multilateral international cooperation, etc.
The major activities of AFACT include: analyzing and understanding the key elements of international transactions and working for the elimination of constraints; developing methods to facilitate transactions, including the relevant use of information technologies such as UN/EDIFACT and ebXML; enhancing the cooperation among the AFACT members and promoting the objectives of the mission statement in the Asia Pacific region.
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