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Reliance Bags e-Governance Project
Techtree News Staff, May 10, 2007 1430 hrs ISTReliance Communications has bagged an e-governance project from the government of West Bengal for providing rural connectivity in its villages.
Reliance Communications (RCom) has bagged an e-governance project from the government of West Bengal for providing rural connectivity in its villages.
The company says that under this project, it will set up nearly 1,860 Common Service Centers (CSC) across the state for providing government-to-government, government-to-business, business-to-business, and business-to-consumer services.
RCom has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with the government of West Bengal to commence execution of the CSC project under the guidelines of the Department of Information Technology. Besides, the project will benefit around 26 lakh households in the state.
According to company sources, the project would cover North 24 Parganas, West Midnapur, Burdwan, and Purulia districts. And the business model would be on a build-own and operate basis.
Speaking on the occasion, M N Roy, Principal Secretary of West Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development, said that the West Bengal government is pleased to select RCom, based on technical evaluation process, to establish and operate the service delivery platform for rural areas of the state under the national e-governance project.
Prakash Bajpai, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Business, RCom, added that the signing of the MoU with the West Bengal government is a leap forward in the company's endeavor to enter the e-governance space, and bridge the digital divide by providing world-class ICT services in rural India. They are glad that the government of West Bengal has chosen RCom to partner them in the CSC project aimed at upliftment of rural productivity and prosperity.
It is further learnt that the project will also involve the participation of Reliance ADA Group companies to offer innovative products and services in the fields of finance, healthcare, education, training, capacity building, entertainment, energy, etc.
The company says that under this project, it will set up nearly 1,860 Common Service Centers (CSC) across the state for providing government-to-government, government-to-business, business-to-business, and business-to-consumer services.
RCom has signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with the government of West Bengal to commence execution of the CSC project under the guidelines of the Department of Information Technology. Besides, the project will benefit around 26 lakh households in the state.
According to company sources, the project would cover North 24 Parganas, West Midnapur, Burdwan, and Purulia districts. And the business model would be on a build-own and operate basis.
Speaking on the occasion, M N Roy, Principal Secretary of West Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development, said that the West Bengal government is pleased to select RCom, based on technical evaluation process, to establish and operate the service delivery platform for rural areas of the state under the national e-governance project.
Prakash Bajpai, Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Business, RCom, added that the signing of the MoU with the West Bengal government is a leap forward in the company's endeavor to enter the e-governance space, and bridge the digital divide by providing world-class ICT services in rural India. They are glad that the government of West Bengal has chosen RCom to partner them in the CSC project aimed at upliftment of rural productivity and prosperity.
It is further learnt that the project will also involve the participation of Reliance ADA Group companies to offer innovative products and services in the fields of finance, healthcare, education, training, capacity building, entertainment, energy, etc.
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