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November, 2008

India Perspective - ICT


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India -

1.1 billion people

600,000 Villages 70% population rural

Diversitylanguage, culture, religion

Multi-party, Multi-tiered democracy

Federal Structure of Government

- Centre

- 29 States & 6 UTs

- 240,000 Local Government Institutions2


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India -

Rapid growth in IT/Services Sector

Explosive growth in telecom

8-9 million mobile subscribers added per month

60 million internet users, and growing

.But Sharp economic and social divide

Poor penetration of computers and low levels of e-literacy

Different levels of adoption of technology

Millions wait to access information and services

from authorities

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National e-Governance Plan

An Overview


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NeGP MMPs

MMPs identified on high citizen / business interface

Cover range of key services offered by Departments

Integrated (7)

e-BIZ

EDI

India Portal

Common Service

Centers

NSDG

E Courts

E Procurement

State (11)

For 35 States Agriculture

Land Records - I & II

Registration (NLRMP)

Transport Treasuries

Commercial Taxes

Gram Panchayat

Municipalities

Police

Employment Ex.

E-District

Central (9 )

Income Tax

Central Excise

Passports/Visa

Immigration MCA 21

UID

Pensions

E-Office

Industry Initiative

Banking Insurance

States can add up to 5

state specific Projects


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NeGP Components

NeGP CORE COMPONENTS

Core Policies

Core Infrastructure

(SWAN, CSCs , SDC )

Support Infrastructure

Technical Assistance

R&D

HRD & Training

Awareness & Assessment

Organization Structures

Formation of SeMTs &

PeMTs


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Core & Support Infrastructure

All services supported by 3 infrastructure pillars to facilitate

web-enabled Anytime, Anywhere access

Common Service Centers (CSCs)100,000 CSCs covering

600,000 villages)

Broad Band internet enabled kiosks for delivery ofgovernment and private services to citizens.

State Wide Area Networks (SWANs)

A 2 Mbps intranet extending up to the Block level

State Data Centers ( SDCs)

Shared resource for secure hosting of Data, Services &

Applications


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e-Governance Service Delivery Strategy


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Role Of DIT

Serve as a secretariat to the Apex Committee and assist it inmanaging the programme.

Assist National Advisory Group and Body under Chairmanship of

the Prime Minister.

Carry out technical appraisal of all NeGP projects, prior to theirbeing placed before the EFC/ CNE.

Provide technical assistance to various Ministries/ States

Implement pilot/ infrastructure/ technical/ special projects

Support components including Capacity Building

Standards


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Initiatives in ICT


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1. Use IT as an enabling tool to bring equitable prosperity

2. Employment generation

3. IT led economic growth

4. Creation of wealth through IT

5. Make India a leading global IT player

* * We are lucky to be in the 21st Century

VISION


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Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure

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Formal Education

To integrate intranet and internet into the learningenvironment at educational institutes.

Vidhya Vahini -147 Senior Secondary schools completedwith broadband VSAT connectivity at 128Kbps including

server, desktops and printer in LAN environment.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas(JNV) -To interconnectconnect 300 JNV

UGC-Infonet - To interlink 220 Universities in the countrywith multimedia capabilities for video conferencing anddistance learning.

153 Universities connected with 256 Kbps broadband link.


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ICT Vocational Training Centers for the Disabled

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To promote the computer literacy amongdisabled children for enhancing their skillsand employability

Phase-I (200508)

Focus on

a) Visually challenged

b) Hearing/speech impaired

21 IT enabled centers set up.

Phase-II (2008-09)

100 schools

Other disabilities are also covered.Blind Children at ERNETs

ICT Center, Tamil Nadu

Capacity Building and ICT Infrastructure


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Community Information Centres

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1000 CICs have been set up at difficult and remote hilly

locations including North Eastern part of the country

with necessary hardware using VSATs.

CICs imparting ICT based education and training and

providing citizen centric services.

CICs facilitate services like e-mail, access to varioussocio-economic databases, e-newspapers, e-

procurement, grievance redressal, weather information,

etc.

Critical Infrastructure in difficult areas


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Technology Development in Local languages

Providing content in local language is a major tasktowards bridging digital divide, especially in a country likeIndia, which has eighteen languages and several localdialects.

The Technology Development for Indian Languages(TDIL) program developing Information Processing Toolsand Techniques to facilitate human-machine interactionwithout language barrier; creating and accessingmultilingual knowledge resources; and integrating them to

develop innovative user products and services.

TDIL program has developed developed technologies forproviding content and applications including browsersalmost in eighteen recognized languages of India.


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Conclusion

We have made significant progress in ICTsector

We are willing to collaborate and cooperate insharing our expertise and learning fromothers experiences

To make the world more prosperous andpeaceful by having inclusive growth.


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Thank you

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