India: e-government initiative faces language barrier</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="India: e-government initiative faces language barrier"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="India,e-government,initiative,faces,language,barrier"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">17-08-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>India: e-government initiative faces language barrier</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">New Delhi, India (Economic Times): The country’s e-government initiative faces a language barrier. Experts have not been able to establish an interface between the English and local language software. The centre had made software in 15 languages available for the effective implementation of the e-governance programmes. It is in the process of introducing the packages in remaining seven official languages; Kashmiri, Maithili, Manipuri, Sindhi, Bodo, Dogri and Santhali in the next few months. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/E-gov_initiative_hits_language_barrier/articleshow/2282032.cms " target="blank">economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/E-gov_initiative_hits_language_barrier/articleshow/2282032.cms </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show