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After the successful roll out of their rural IT infrastructure project across several districts of West Bengal, SREI Sahaj e-Village Limited, a subsidiary of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., has announced the launch of agricultural services at the Common Service Centers or CSCs. The facility was officially introduced by Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, Principal Secretary of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal at the Tathya Mitra Kendra in Jangipara CSC, Hooghly. Dignitaries present at the launch were Mr. M. N Roy, Principal Secretary of P&RD dept, Govt. of West Bengal, Mr. Satish Tiwary, Principal Secretary, Land & Land Reforms Commissioner, and other government officials. The service launched will enable the villagers to conduct soil testing and determine the suitability of soil for the growth of different crops in diverse seasons. Villagers can then upload their soil health report in the portal available to them and use it as reference for the future thus enabling them to improve their ag

A giant step towards Bridging the Rural- Urban Divide New Delhi, Srei Sahaj e-Village Limited, a subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, has partnered with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the largest Open University offering distance learning programmes, today to deliver international quality education at affordable costs to the rural population of India through 27,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) that Sahaj is setting up in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, and Jammu & Kashmir. This prestigious partnership is aimed at making higher education available to the villagers in their own villages thus bridging the massive rural-urban educational gap. An estimated 100 million rural youth population across the country stands to benefit through the Sahaj-IGNOU partnership. Srei Sahaj-IGNOU will jointly develop new certificated programmes especially designed for the rural youth, providing training in a blended learning en

Inauguration of e-District Jan Suvidha Kendra ,Gorakhpur. Under e-District Project by Shri P.K. Mahanti , IAS, Commissioner-Gorakhpur & Shri S.Abbasi , IAS, Director-DIT, Govt of India. on Feb.28th, 2009 at Collectrate, Gorakhpur.

Network Diagram for Connectivity of e-Courts The e-Courts scheme aims ICT enablement of the lower courts across the country in their functioning. The project envisages deployment of hardware, software and networking to assist district and taluka courts in streamlining their day to day functioning. Key functions such as case filing, allocation, registration, case workflow, orders and judgments will be IT-enabled. Causelists, Case status, orders, judgments will be available on the web and made accessible to litigants, advocates, and general public. The project aims to build a national grid of key judicial information available 24x7 in a reliable and secure manner. Project Modules, Phases and Timelines The first phase of the e-Courts project was approved in February 2007. The duration of the phase is 2 years with a planned expenditure of Rs.442 Crore for different components of the project. Along with ICT implementation in district and taluka courts, the project will also manage and impl

A Centre of e-Governance (CeG) has come up in capital New Delhi to disseminate awareness about e-Governance initiatives in the country. The CeG enhancement plan is a part of the “Awareness and Communication ” activity under NeGP and seeks to bring the achievements under NeGP under one umbrella for the information of citizens. The Centre will provide the visitor an opportunity to experience different e-services as well as digitally record his / her impressions of the CeG. The CeG showcases applications, demonstrations and presentations that reflect the progress achieved in the implementation and usage of e-Governance. It covers successful and high impact e-Gov applications and content based on improved citizen service delivery, innovativeness, cost effectiveness and overall impact in fulfilling developmental objectives of the government. Also displayed are various social sector initiatives relating to health and education.Aesthetically designed with hi-tech display systems and visitor-

N.K.Sinha, Joint Secretary, Bureau of Technical Education, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, says the device does not require to be connected to a laptop. BANGALORE: Officials have dispelled all the apprehensions over the Rs 500 computing device launched by Govt of India in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. When Media asked N.K.Sinha, Joint Secretary, Bureau of Technical Education, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, on Wednesday as to how was it made possible to launch a laptop at such a low price ,he said: "A functional concept prototype has been displayed. There are many milestones to be crossed. Uptill now, it is the combined voluntary and sincere effort of academia, entrepreneurs and technical organizations." He said the device is an ultra low cost and low power consuming access-cum-computing device which would meet the e-content access and computing requirements of the targeted learners under the ambitious Mission. "The device does not require