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(a)whether the Government has proposed to make substantial investment in e-Governance projects in the country.
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to develop affordable communication and information dissemination devices for the farming community in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(ANDIMUTHU RAJA)
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRRED QUESTION
NO. 59 FOR 23-11-2009 REGARDING INVESTMENT IN E-GOVERNANCE
PROJECTS.
(a) and (b) : The Government has approved the National E-
Governance Plan in May 2006 with the vision of providing all
Government services to the common man in his locality in an
efficient, reliable and transparent manner. The National e-
Governance Plan envisages delivery of government services through
27 Mission Mode Projects across various Central Government
Departments and Ministries and State Governments. This entails
creation of e-infrastructure which inter-alia includes State Wide
Area Networks (SWANs), State Data Centres (SDCs) and one lakh
Common Services Centres (CSCs) across the country. The Government
has approved an investment of Rs.10,699.20 crores for this
infrastructure (SWAN - Rs.3334 crores, SDC - Rs.1623.20 crores and
CSCs - Rs.5742 crores). As far as investments for Mission Mode
Projects is concerned, the financial outlays are made by the
respective Ministries or Departments in their budget as and when
the schemes are approved by the competent authorities.
(c) : No, Sir.
(d) : Does not arise.