Strengthening National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In Palamau Zone, the life of young people living in rural areas is always turbulent. On the one end, they are drifted by centrifugal forces working against the interests of the government. On the other hand, government is far away from them, with limited support forthcoming, which drove them to lead a hopeless and helpless life. Many young people were caught unaware in the vortex of these two forces.
As informed by Minister of Panchayati Raj, Mani Shankar Aiyar, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, the Union Government has proposed a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for e-governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions (e-PRI).
On 23rd January 2009, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat formally launched the e-Gram Vishwagram Project, offering broadband connectivity to all -13693 -Gram Panchayats of the state from the Haripura village. It has also helped 10,000 rural entrepreneurs in getting employment.
On 23rd January 2009, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat formally launched the e-Gram Vishwagram Project, offering broadband connectivity to all -13693 -Gram Panchayats of the state from the Haripura village. It has also helped 10,000 rural entrepreneurs in getting employment.
With National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in place, more than 2.69 lakh people have been recruited by the state governments for providing vital assistance for the implementation. INR 39,000 crores have already been spent during the last three years.
At the Seventh Round Table of the State Ministers of Panchayati Raj held in Jaipur in December,2004, it was resolved that …
The tall project towards connecting all the panchayats across the country is in limbo, with the Panchayati Raj Ministry complaining that the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry are not too keen on allocating funds for it.
The Government of West Bengal announced that the AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processor based desktops for the Gram Panchayat eGovernance project were successfully deployed in the state.
The West Bengal (India) Government has successfully completed a rural e-Governance programme in the state in association with microprocessor manufacturing major Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).