Bridging the Digital Divide through electronic knowledge based Panchayat
[This article was published in the September 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ePanchayat is a software product conceptualised, designed and developed with the active involvement of the stakeholders at lowest administrative level and is implemented in Andhra Pradesh. It started as a pilot project in Ramachandrapuram in Medak district and spread initially to 40 districts. Now, it has been announced that ePanchayat would be rolled out in 475 major gram panchayats across the state at a cost of Rs 8.31 crores (1.9 million USD).
