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Haryana Connects 100 Villages With Wi-Fi Services

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

Haryana Connects 100 Villages With Wi-Fi Services

Heading towards a digital era, Haryana government on Sunday connected 100 villages with Wi-Fi services and decided to rename all common service centres (CSCs) opened in urban and rural areas as well as E-disha centres as “Atal Seva Kendras” at district headquarters.

This was announced by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while launching 53 new IT services pertaining to six departments on “Good Governance Day”.

He also conducted a draw of the digital transaction award scheme meant to promote cashless transactions in the state.

Under the scheme, 65 winners were awarded five prizes of Rs. 10,000 each, 10 prizes of Rs. 5,000 each and 50 prizes of Rs. 1,000 each for proactively transacting cashless.

With the introduction of new IT facilities, citizens would get 170 e-services through “Atal Seva Kendras” in the state.

Apart from this, facilities available at CSCs would also be provided at E-disha centres.

The chief minister has earlier said that CSCs functional in rural areas would be shifted to Gram Sachivalyas so that people could get all facilities under one roof.

Khattar said students passing Class X and XII from Haryana School Education Board would get certificates through digital locker.
He also launched “Knowledge Warehouse” set up in Gurgaon to promote startups through video-conference. A single platform will be provided to 40 startups at this warehouse which has been set up with the joint efforts of HARTRON and NASSCOM. The number of seats would be increased from 40 to 80.

Addressing deputy commissioners through video-conference, the chief minister directed them to ensure installation of rate lists of various services being provided at CSCs. They would also ensure that village level entrepreneurs (VLE) worked from the place allotted to them so that people of the area concerned could get benefit of the schemes.

He also extended greetings to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birthday. While interacting with media persons, the chief minister described Vajpayee as a highly regarded and widely respected leader.

[Source:- gadgets.ndtv]

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Internet Usage Spikes In Villages, Rural India Laps Up YouTube, Facebook And Netflix

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Internet Usage Spikes In Villages As Rural India Chills On Netflix

Internet penetration in India has increased in the past few months, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown has also accelerated internet push in rural areas. According to data from CSC e-Governance Services, data consumption in BharatNet fibre backbone connected panchayats spiked to 150 Terabytes (TB) in May from just 55 TB in January.

Moreover, over 300K subscribers registered for a fibre-to-home connection under the BharatNet programme in March only. So far, 1.2 Mn users have subscribed to this WiFi facility offered by the government.

CEO of CSC e-Governance Services Dinesh Tyagi told Economic Times that with BharatNet being accessed by citizens through the common service centres, internet consumption in rural areas has increased significantly.

Tyagi credits the Covid-19 lockdown for this surge. He said, “The limitation imposed due to the Covid-19 lockdown has also led to the surge, this shows that there was significant pent up demand in rural areas which was unserved earlier.”

CSC e-Governance Services provides last-mile internet connectivity to rural India through the BharatNet network. It is connecting panchayats through the digital fibre network. “Since CSC has been made the custodian of last-mile operational issues, it has helped in the speedy roll-out and maintenance of the services,” Tyagi added.

CSC e-Governance Services had taken over this responsibility in July 2019 when only 22K gram panchayats were internet-enabled. “With close to 100,000 functional panchayats now, the last mile internet connectivity drive in rural areas have been accelerated through its Wi-Fi Choupal programme,” Tyagi said.

Rural India Chills On Netflix

Netflix is gaining more popularity in rural India as the country lives under lockdown. According to CSC data, YouTube was consumed the most by rural India, followed by Facebook and Netflix in March.

Interestingly, the growth of Netflix during this period stood at 422% as compared to January. The growth numbers for YouTube and Facebook stood at 219% and 374%, respectively. Besides these three, Amazon Prime, Instagram, Zoom, Webex and Twitter were among the top 10 popular applications in rural India during this period.

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the eve of his government completing the first year of its second term, noted that the number of internet users in the country is more in rural areas than in cities. In an open letter, Modi said, “The government policies have led to bridging the gulf between urban and rural lives. For the first time, internet users in rural areas have outnumbered urban counterparts by 10%.”

source: inc42

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