Jainder Singh reiterates the role of ICT on egovernance for better accountability

Jainder Singh, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, in his keynote address at the 8th Baramati Conference on ICT for Communities - scale and economic benefits - quality, accessibility and assessment of government services. The NeGP aims to provide the IT backbone for citizen centric services. Learning from the diverse pilots for scaling up has to be undertaken, when roll outs. 100,000 CSCs. Connectivity and content 18,000 colleges (Rs 10,000 crores over five years), e-Courts (13,000 courts), Broadband across the country etc are some of the scaled up projects undertaken by the Department.

The scale is unprecedented, 70,000 CSC are to be made operational by December 2008, with minimum revenue support and bid to be implemented by NGOs, Private Agencies, etc. Other USOF centres, Post Offices, PCOs, etc. will be housing the CSCs delivering agriculture, health and livelihoods services.

Wishing the conference a success, Jainder Singh ended the keynote address with a call to the delegates to share and learn from the successful initiative of Baramati.