<p>President Pranab Mukherjee will launch Karnataka government’s ambitious mobile governance initiative at Bengaluru on December 8.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The project was scheudled to be launched in October, but got delayed. Under the initiative christened “M-One”, citizens can use their mobile phones to pay bills, traffic fines, avail Sakaala services, among others. <br /><br />According to an official note, four types of mobile-governance services including “push”, “pull”, “payment” and “data capture” would be provided. <br /><br />The services that can be availed in the first phase include payment of electricity, water and BSNL telephone bills, traffic fine payment and information services, among others. <br /><br />“Push” services include the departments sending SMSes to citizens like acknowledgements of receiving applications, regular updates on status of applications, traffic alerts, etc. <br /><br />Under “pull” services, the citizens will have to request for information, following which they will receive a response. <br /><br />For instance, one can seek information on bus timings, passport application status, income tax refund status and others. <br /><br />“Payment” services will allow citizens to pay their electricity, water bills, property tax and traffic fine using a credit card or a bank account. <br /><br />The “data capture” services would be for administrative proposes, using government-to-government (G2G) applications.</p>
<p>President Pranab Mukherjee will launch Karnataka government’s ambitious mobile governance initiative at Bengaluru on December 8.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The project was scheudled to be launched in October, but got delayed. Under the initiative christened “M-One”, citizens can use their mobile phones to pay bills, traffic fines, avail Sakaala services, among others. <br /><br />According to an official note, four types of mobile-governance services including “push”, “pull”, “payment” and “data capture” would be provided. <br /><br />The services that can be availed in the first phase include payment of electricity, water and BSNL telephone bills, traffic fine payment and information services, among others. <br /><br />“Push” services include the departments sending SMSes to citizens like acknowledgements of receiving applications, regular updates on status of applications, traffic alerts, etc. <br /><br />Under “pull” services, the citizens will have to request for information, following which they will receive a response. <br /><br />For instance, one can seek information on bus timings, passport application status, income tax refund status and others. <br /><br />“Payment” services will allow citizens to pay their electricity, water bills, property tax and traffic fine using a credit card or a bank account. <br /><br />The “data capture” services would be for administrative proposes, using government-to-government (G2G) applications.</p>
