How much should setting up a telecentre cost? A telecentre is a public place where people can access computers, the Internet and technologies to gather information and communicate with others while developing digital skills.
The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.
25.09.2006
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) mediated learning provides utilities for achieving goal of education for all, and in turn acts as an enabler in reducing the digital divide, plummeting poverty and promoting socio-economic empowerment.
21.09.2006
OneWorld South Asia extends an invitation to join the opening of phone-based Information and Knowledge Exchange Service for Rural Communities. This would be inaugurated on 28th September 2006, at the Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, between 1000 hrs 1300 hrs followed by lunch.
14.09.2006
The Prime Minister of India and the Presidents of Brazil and South Africa underscored the importance of working together towards a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society and renewed their support for the results of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva and Tunis, in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
14.09.2006
The Department of Information Technology (IT) is
in the process of drawing up a proposal to launch a single web
portal for Government departments so that e-governance becomes a reality.
