innovative and over 600 Franchisee’ who sustainable villages and a is typically an information population of educated youth kiosks in a around half a or an million (i.e. It is about 50% of ensured that the rural the entire kiosk generates area of the state district). [5] adequate of Madhya Jagriti E-Sewa: revenue streams Pradesh. The The emphasis of so as to justify server system Jagriti is its operations. runs on deployment of Rural Access Windows NT appropriate, to Services with Internet affordable, through Internet Information scalable and (RASI): Services (IIS) sustainable Sustainable server; client technologies Access in Rural PCs run available in the India (SARI), Windows 98. developing now renamed as Information countries. The RASI, provides kiosks have system works internet and dial-up on LINUX, voice connectivity. which is a connectivity to The server hub the villages of ‘License-Free’ Madurai district is housed in the operating computer room system. Old in Tamil Nadu. The project has in the district computers (e.g. 100 internet panchayat. Pentium I) are kiosks in more Kiosks have used in some than 100 been established places. The villages. Current in the village project uses network panchayat dial-up technology is buildings. telephone lines. based on the Typically, The whole CorDECT that villages that system can be was jointly function as adapted to any developed by block language in the the TeNet group headquarters or least time. The at IIT Madras, hold weekly kiosks are Analog Devices markets in tribal located in Inc. and Midas areas, or located villages where at Chennai. A at major there is a CorDECT junctions, were sizeable flow of access centre is chosen for public on a located roughly setting up regular basis. 25 km from the kiosks. The Each kiosk is set kiosks. Internet entire network up to serve facility is of 31 kiosks about provided with cover 311 people the help of panchayats and is owned Wireless Local (village and operated by Loop (WLL). committees), a ‘Kiosk Each kiosk is
innovative and sustainable information kiosks in a rural area of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The server system runs on Windows NT with Internet Information Services (IIS) server; client PCs run Windows 98. Information kiosks have dial-up connectivity. The server hub is housed in the computer room in the district panchayat. Kiosks have been established in the village panchayat buildings. Typically, villages that function as block headquarters or hold weekly markets in tribal areas, or located at major junctions, were chosen for setting up kiosks. The entire network of 31 kiosks cover 311 panchayats (village committees), over 600 villages and a population of around half a million (i.e. about 50% of the entire district). [5] Jagriti E-Sewa: The emphasis of Jagriti is deployment of appropriate, affordable, scalable and sustainable technologies available in the developing countries. The system works on LINUX, which is a ‘License-Free’ operating system. Old computers (e.g. Pentium I) are used in some places. The project uses dial-up telephone lines. The whole system can be adapted to any language in the least time. The kiosks are located in villages where there is a sizeable flow of public on a regular basis. Each kiosk is set up to serve about people and is owned and operated by a ‘Kiosk Franchisee’ who is typically an educated youth or an It is ensured that the kiosk generates adequate revenue streams so as to justify its operations. Rural Access to Services through Internet (RASI): Sustainable Access in Rural India (SARI), now renamed as RASI, provides internet and voice connectivity to the villages of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu. The project has 100 internet kiosks in more than 100 villages. Current network technology is based on the CorDECT that was jointly developed by the TeNet group at IIT Madras, Analog Devices Inc. and Midas at Chennai. A CorDECT access centre is located roughly 25 km from the kiosks. Internet facility is provided with the help of Wireless Local Loop (WLL). Each kiosk is
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