Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:48:27 -0800 (PST)
From: "eGov INDIA" <egovindia@yahoo.com>
Subject: Why CVC, CBI and CAG has not taken any action on NISG which is CORRUPTING the eGovernance of INDIA ? // NISG's LARGEST INVESTOR is UNDP not NASSCOM or Govt. of INDIA
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CC: "VM K" <vmkumaraswamy@yahoo.com>, novamed@aol.com, "egov india" <egovindia@yahoo.com>
E KAVI, E Gov India, India RTI,
Judicial Reforms & India Whistle Blower's Action Group
Facilitating Emergence of New India:
Based on Values of Transparency & Accountability, E Governance, Natural Justice, Human Rights and Human Dignity
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I am V. M. Kumaraswamy MBA, is in business since 1971. Founder and Moderator of India's largest e-governance yahoo-group under the title eGovINDIA. You can reach this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eGovINDIA
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eGovINDIA is a group dedicated to promoting true e-governance in India, consisting of members from all walks of life from within INDIA and the World over. Many State Ministers and senior bureaucrats of India are members of this group. We do have lawyers, social activists, freelance writers and journalists in the group. The group is meant for serious activists only. Casual members are not allowed to join the group. The group is also moderated by an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer. As on date, the group has nearly 2990 members.
The focus of this group is true e-governance and use of open source technology in e-governance. The members of this forum have a passion to see a truly e-governed India, resulting in transparency and easy access to government services by the common man, notably the depressed class people (so called untouchables), women and people living in far flung and difficult areas of India.
Corruption is a stark reality in India. The recent reports put India in the worst category in corruption index. For the group members, e-governance means less corruption too.
The least we expect out of e-governance is transparency.UNDP has initiated some action now after our repeat emails and persistence.CVC, CBI and CAG cannot be a mute spectators anymore. WE NEED ACTION in INDIA !!!!!
WHY THERE IS NO ACTION FROM CVC, CAG andCBI on NISG and NASSCOM ????????????????????
Thanks
Sincerely
V. M. Kumaraswamy
——————————————-Mr. Kemal Dervis AdministratorUnited Nations Development Programme
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
Telephone: (212) 906 5317
Fax: (212) 906 5364
kemal.dervis@undp.org
Dear Mr. Kemal Dervis,
NISG which had been formed under the auspicious of UNDP had been left free of any control mechanism in India to be handled by three – four bureaucrats in India.So far, whatever money that had been used by NISG had come from UNDP only. No private partner had come forward to invest in it.NASSCOM, which is the largest private partner in NISG had not invested any amount in NISG, save for some software contribution which is unnecessary as open source software is available totally free of cost.UNDP had committed its $30 million to be spent only through the NISG. In short NISG means UNDP.
UNDP Funds Invested in NISG, a private limited company which does not come under Indian Parliament control procedures and NISG's non transparent Activities, raising serious concerns about the credibility of the UNDP in India.
So far, the officials of UNDP in Delhi had failed to look into the long term implications of these corrupt deviations in terms of the credibility of UNDP.
The very fact that the claim of the officials of NISG that they had looked into the complaints against them and found them to be unsubstantiated shows that things are not happening the way UNDP would like it to happen.
UNDP cannot be a mute spectator anymore.
UNDP has to seek withdrawal of its association from NISG. It would be just and proper for UNDP to realign with a Government of India organization such as National Informatics Centre (NIC) which is fully under the control and supervision of the Indian parliament.
This would save the name of the UNDP for the time being and in the long run too.
I hope I have made things clear for you to do the follow up.
Thanks.
V.M.Kumaraswamy, MBA