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By PWI Regional Reporter Central India

MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA - An e-governance centre will be set up in Madhya Pradesh under a 560 Million rupee grant from the Indian Government. The Union Minister Of State for Commerce and Information Technology, Mr Sachin Pilot said,” All villages will be connected through a high speed broadband network under the scheme.”

Under the e-governance scheme, land lease, records, land plans, and no objection certificates will be computerized. There will be financial inclusion of banking, insurance, telecom and entertainment services as well. The proposal is aimed to include rural services such as agri/ farm inputs & prices, weather forecast, and public grievance redressal systems, to enable speedy electronic delivery of information to the masses.

-- by PWI Regional Reporter Central India - central.india@peoplewebinternational.com

By PWI Regional Reporter Central India

RAIPUR, INDIA - The Supreme Court Of India upheld the bail of Dr. Binayak Sen in a landmark judgement, stating that a mere association with an unlawful organization does not amount to crime. The verdict was given by Justice Markandey Katju .

Dr. Binayak Sen, was convicted on December 24th  2010, of sedition by a Raipur Court, who had found him guilty of passing on information to Maoist rebels in the territory. An award-winning doctor, working in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, had been a victim to conflicting reports earlier, on his alleged involvement in supported violent activities.

 Earlier it was stated that Dr. Sen had passed on three letters written by the alleged Maoist Narayan Sanyal, an inmate of the Raipur central jail, to Pijush Guha, a Kolkata-based businessman. All three were convicted of conspiracy by the Raipur court.

Earlier, thousands of supporters had gathered in Bhopal and Raipur to protest against the life imprisonment sentence. Dr. Sen pleaded innocent on the grounds that his visits to Sanyal were in the capacity as a physician and as a human rights activist. The decision has been lauded in parts of the states of Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

Photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Dr._Binayak_Sen.jpg

-- by PWI Regional Reporter Central India - central.india@peoplewebinternational.com