Govt-3iInfotech to
set up 208 IT kiosks
PTI, Panaji
23 August 2007
The Goa government has joined hands with 3i infotech, which
is promoted by ICICI Bank, to provide information technology
solutions and take government schemes to villages.
"3i infotech will set up 208 kiosks all over the state
with active participation of local entrepreneurs," Information
Technology Minister Dayanand Narvekar told reporters here
on Wednesday.
The venture, one of the first of its kind in the country,
will help citizens access all government services by visiting
the kiosks.
"We have computerised 28 government departments till
date. All 84 state government departments, including public
sector undertakings, will be computerised in the next three
months," Narvekar said.
This, he said, will enable people to access almost all government
services through the internet. The 3i infotech will have a
dedicated portal that will be a vehicle for accessing all
government services.
"The project is on a public-private partnership basis,
and at the end of five years, the technology partner will
have to transfer the entire assets of the state data centre,
portal and citizen service centres to the government at zero
cost," Narvekar said.
"This scheme does not only provide services available
to citizens but also provides entrepreneur opportunities to
local Goan youths," Narvekar said.
The state government expects that the project will get a
boost once its broadband connectivity scheme takes shape early
next year. It has envisaged an ambitious project to connect
all villages and households through a broadband network.
"The broadband project is a parallel one. But it will
help the 3i project as all villages will be connected,"
Chief Secretary J P Singh told media.
"The 3i project will be rolled out in the months to
come and will cover almost all Goan villages," said Anirudh
Prabhakaran, 3i Infotech's chief operating officer for South
Asia.
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