“IT is India’s Tomorrow”
---Prime Minister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee( 1998)
Application of ICT for commom man in other states
West Bengal/Assam: tea growers
- vast tracks of land growing tea, poor people exploited.
- online auctions to bring benefit to primary producer.
North-East: craftsmen
- project sevensisters.com to link NGOs in Northeast to display crafts products on Internet for export markets.
- to help in improving skills, primary education, healthcare.
Conclusions
These case studies and examples establish:
-Infrastructure (telecom/bandwidth) is the key.
-Business/Revenue Model is a must.
-Local entrepreneurship needs to be channelised.
-Local (language-) Content development
is necessary.
-Political/Administrative leadership
/patronage is required.
to reap digital opportunity.