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Institute for eGovernment

Meghalaya will be the first state in Eastern India to start the Community Service Centre (CSC), a mechanism that will replace the malfunctioning centrally sponsored Community Information Centre (CIC). The CRCs will replace the CICs after the latter’s failure to reach and provide the people with all the needed basic facilities on-line. With the centre out to abolish the CICs and integrated them with the CRCs, the Government of Meghalaya is all set to sign a MoU with BASIX, a multi-national company to set up 225 CRCs in all the rural areas in the seven districts of the state.

Confirming about the MoU schedule on the last week of this month, Commissioner and Secretary Information and technology, D.P.Wahlang stated today, “The should purpose to penetrate e-governance and other facilties into the rural areas is bound to start from the first week of August. “From paying telephone & electricity bills to buying an airline or rail tickets and being with what the world has in store, everything will be done at a mere minimal price”, stated Wahlang.

“The new online outreach and objectives to make the people feel e-governance and bring about a whirlwind revolution in the rural economy will be further propelled by the CRCs that will be built on the bidders”, stated Wahlang, even as he informed about the infrastructural set up to be set and to be run by the village level entrepreneurs. This has been initiated by New Delhi in the wake of the unsuccessful run of the much hyped Community Information Centres (CIC)which were established in all the blocks of the state in the year 2002.

“The 39 CICs sponsored by the government of India will be converted into CRCs”, stated Wahlang.

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Quelle/Source: The Morung Express, 02.06.2008