Carrying on with the Government?s endeavor to facilitate India?s e-Commerce story, The Department of Information Technology has awarded Hughes Communications a major contract to connect 2,500 locations through Broadband Internet under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).
The contract has been awarded by a special purpose vehicle formed by the CSC e-Governance Services. The government wants to establish over 1 lakh common service centres (CSCs) across the country to enable Internet access in the hinterland. Till date, over 96,000 centres have been set up. The total value budgeted for the IT project at the panchayat level is Rs 2,000 crore.
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Hughes will enable VSATs terminals in some of the most inaccessible states of India where conventional means of delivering broadband services are not price-effective. Besides, the main objective is to make available broadband access to internet and other digital services over satellite using latest standards and technologies. All VSATs will be delivered and installed within 14 weeks.
This will conveniently enable some of the most neglected parts of the country to enjoy the benefits of being part of one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Migrant workers from these parts settled across the country will be able to stay connected with family back home and a potential 15 million new users (in addition to the existing 65 million) may gain access once the project is fully implemented.
The Social Dividend the government can gain from this initiative is also profound. They are enabling 2.5 lakh selling points for e-Commerce companies, and literally providing a means for the rural population to realize their aspirations. A previously unknown region will now be opened up to the waiting Business World, and they have no one to thank but the Government.
Yesterday, we profiled the booming e-Commerce scene and its ramifications. Today, we are only glad to see the Government going the extra mile and justifying the watching world?s faith in this emerging Industry. Dotcoms have never had it so good!
How will the improved connectivity impact the common folk? We are all ears.
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