The Government of India is planning to finalise the national action plan on climate change. The Prime Minister's committee discussed on this plan on 2 June 2008. The 22 member committee will complete the plan before the G-8 Summit, which will held on 7-9 July 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The 34th G-8 Summit is expected to be dominated by the issue of climate change.

Financial Technologies promoted National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) has received licenses from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka governments to launch an agri e-Trading platform, so that farmers can directly sell their produce in the market.

The United Nations urged the world to take steps to fight climate change and to reduce carbon footprint. Marking World Environment Day theming on "CO2 Kick the Habit" in Wellington, New Zealand, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon said "our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit and addiction is a terrible thing.

As part of the e-governance initiatives, the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development has launched e-Gazette with the help of NIC and NICSI which will maintain Gazette Notifications on a date-wise, month-wise, part-wise and subject-wise basis.

In yet another step towards spreading education to far-flung areas, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will offer Tele-Education services to all the 53 countries of the African Union (AU).

ESI hospitals providing healthcare facilities to workers covered under the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will be soon required to have ISO certification.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stated that there were 269.30 million wireless users at the end of April in India. This is a up 57 percent from the earlier year.