The Hindu Business Line : Karnataka Govt to launch `Nemmadi'

A consortium of three private IT companies led by 3i Infotech, would invest Rs 30 crore to set up 800 tele centres in villages to deliver all the Government services

Bangalore , Sept. 24

In an effort to extend e-governance to rural masses from taluk level to the doorstep of villages, the Karnataka Government will launch `Nemmadi,' a one-stop shop for delivering various services to the people at their doorsteps, from October first week.

The Revenue Minister, Mr Jagadish Shettar, told presspersons that 37 types of services would be offered by the tele centres, which included issuing certificates for birth, death, caste and income, residence, widow, landholding, on creamy layer, solvency and unemployment. Each service would cost Rs 15 and in some cases like pension it was much less.

Tele Centres

A consortium of three private IT companies led by 3i Infotech, would invest Rs 30 crore to set up 800 tele centres in villages to deliver all the Government services. It would be run on Public Private Partnership with minimal investment from the Government but with tight control to regulate quality services.

While the first 25 tele centres would be ready during the first week of October, all the 800 centres would become operational by January. Karnataka, which had already pioneered citizen-centric e-governance projects like Bhoomi and Bangalore One, would need 5,500 tele centres per Grama Panchayat, he said.

BOT Project

Mr Chawla, Secretary Department of e-governance, said 30 per cent of the tele centre employees would comprise physically challenged people. He said Nemmadi, had been awarded on a five-year build and operate basis to 3i Infotech consortium, which would earn about 33 per cent of the fee of Rs 15 charged for each document.

Mr Anirudh P, Chief Operating Officer, South Asia Region of 3i Infotech, said the education and agriculture departments would also be using the facilities for computer aided education under the Central Government's `Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' programme and for delivery of information related to agriculture prices, availability of seeds and fertilisers.

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