The e-pay service through Akshaya centres in Malappuram district had started in 2004. It was a trendsetter and the facility was extended to other places.
One such worthwhile projects is the Gramdoot, operated in Maharashtra since 2002. The services offered by the Gramdoot network included documentation for community certificates, insurance selling, marketing linkages for agricultural commodities and registration of birth and death. In Assam, ASHA provided services in agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and sericulture. An e-immunisation project launched by the Andhra Pradesh Government involved the use of a specially designed handheld computer, which stored family data for two or three villages. The handheld computer has an inbuilt printer and operates on a battery. A unique health call centre, which facilitates emergency medicare services in rural areas, is another service in the IT mode, started by Andhra Pradesh.
Autor: R.Ramabhadran Pillai
Quelle: The Hindu, 17.06.2006
