[Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread augusto pinto
Ashley Delaney brought this to my attention: the Govt of India has banned the use of FREE email accounts, and therefore they can use only accounts provided to them by NIC. FYI - however the NIC till date has not provided any local panchayats with email address. This is strange given that with the

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread augusto pinto
The following information was provided by Joseph de Souza: Firstly a website domain name registration costs around Rs 750 per year the hosting charges around 1500 per year (this varies as per provider and quality of hosting and services offered) Total: Rs 2250 For a static site the

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
A good issue indeed The cheapest, rough-and-read 'website' anyone can create is a blog. Sites like wordpress.com offer a huge 3GB of free space. For free. So costs should not be an excuse anymore. The NIC (National Informatics Centre, GoI) has its offices at Porvorim, and they're only too

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread Joseph de Souza
I think some villages have already made their presence felt in yahoo groups like Aldona : http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/aldona-net Does anyone have a list of Goan villages on cyberspace and their urls? Joseph de Souza On 12-11-2013 17:51, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
On 12 November 2013 18:51, Joseph de Souza joseph...@gmail.com wrote: I think some villages have already made their presence felt in yahoo groups like Aldona : http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/aldona-net Does anyone have a list of Goan villages on cyberspace and their urls? Hi Joseph,

[Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão
What difference does it make if there is a website or an e-mail ID of any public utility service or administration in Goa? Does the Goa government which boasts of e-governance know that no one in the administration responds to mails and complaints to their IDs and websites? I for one can tell

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-12 Thread Joseph de Souza
Thanks for the info. That's quite a huge list. However I find that in Goa only a few villages in Bardez and Bicholim town/taluka is covered. I think that we require similar initiatives for all all villages in Goa Joseph de Souza On 12-11-2013 20:03, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या

Re: [Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-10 Thread Joseph de Souza
Firstly a website domain name registration costs around Rs 750 per year the hosting charges around 1500 per year (this varies as per provider and quality of hosting and services offered) Total: Rs 2250 For a static site the the designing and setup charges would typically be

[Goanet] Why don't Panchayats have email ids to correspond with, and their own websites?

2013-11-09 Thread augusto pinto
I wanted to know which Panchayats have their own independent websites. The only helpful links I found were: http://www.panchayatsgoa.gov.in/location.php http://www.digitalgoa.com/sangolda Does anyone know of any Panchayat in Goa which has its own website? Why is it that there are none created?