A recent survey of 37 e-governance projects, spread across 11 states accorded an overall rating of 8.67 to rural e-governance projects against 8.03 to urban projects.
Speaking at the summit, Panchayati Raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar invited more private sector participation in the government’s ongoing rural business hub programme.
He said around 30 MoUs have already been signed between the public and private sector and Panchayati Raj institutions to generate employment in rural areas, covering sectors like bio-diesel, power generation and fruit processing.
The MoUs have so far been signed with farmers in Haryana, Karnataka and Uttaranchal.
The rural business hub programme brokers partnership between the public and private sectors and Panchayati Raj institutions to initiate commercial activities in the rural areas.
Mr Aiyar also gave away the SKOCH Challenger Award ’06 for best practices in the area of information and communication technology for socio-economic development in the country.
Quelle: The Economic Times, 29.03.2006
