headquarters in gram panchayat Cooperation, e-government Ministry of India have solution. Agriculture has optical fibre Working closely launched this today which acts with the scheme during as the backbone panchayat April 2002 with for telecom and members and a view to internet village leverage the connectivity. residents, the extensive ties up software was telecom with a number designed to suit infrastructure in of content the of the country to providers such panchayat deliver the as state administration. extension government, Bellandur services to the rural Rational Unified farming development Process (RUP), community. But ministry, a set of software most of the agricultural engineering farmers are not ministry and tools, enables a aware, so there phased and is a need to manufacturers. interactive improve the N-Logue approach to awareness employs WLL At among farmers technology as present, the on Kissan Call the basis for its panchayat office Centres (KCC) - village-level has three particularly its communications computers, one cost free The CorDECT for each of the services through technology used bill collectors. toll free operates on the All the district telephone so as same principles offices, taluka benefit needy as regular offices and farmers. wireless gram Therefore technology, panchayats are Ministry of providing connected. The Agriculture has internet access committee developed plans at 35-70 kbps to meetings are to strengthen the 1 gbps. The aired on the subscriber set cable television. of KCC through can transmit the Agriculture Kisan Call both voice and and line Centers: Is data signals departments, mainly to simultaneously SAUs, ICAR respond to the to an access organizations. issues raised by centre which They also farmers must be located exhibit in instantly in the within a 25 km publicity local language distance. material on a continuous Bellandur (posters, charts, basis. The Project: banners etc.) of Department of Bellandur toll free number Agriculture & Project is a
headquarters in India have optical fibre today which acts as the backbone for telecom and internet connectivity. ties up with a number of content providers such as state government, rural development ministry, agricultural ministry and manufacturers. N-Logue employs WLL technology as the basis for its village-level The CorDECT technology used operates on the same principles as regular wireless technology, providing internet access at 35-70 kbps to 1 gbps. The subscriber set can transmit both voice and data signals simultaneously to an access centre which must be located within a 25 km distance. Bellandur Project: Bellandur Project is a gram panchayat e-government solution. Working closely with the panchayat members and village residents, the software was designed to suit the of panchayat administration. Bellandur Rational Unified Process (RUP), a set of software engineering tools, enables a phased and interactive approach to At present, the panchayat office has three computers, one for each of the bill collectors. All the district offices, taluka offices and gram panchayats are connected. The committee meetings are aired on the cable television. Kisan Call Centers: Is mainly to respond to the issues raised by farmers instantly in the local language on a continuous basis. The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture has launched this scheme during April 2002 with a view to leverage the extensive telecom infrastructure in the country to deliver the extension services to the farming community. But most of the farmers are not aware, so there is a need to improve the awareness among farmers on Kissan Call Centres (KCC) - particularly its cost free services through toll free telephone so as benefit needy farmers. Therefore Ministry of Agriculture has developed plans to strengthen the communications of KCC through the Agriculture and line departments, SAUs, ICAR organizations. They also exhibit in publicity material (posters, charts, banners etc.) of toll free number
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