A student exploring the possibility of admission in a top educational institution. All these from a one-stop counter.
Sounds utopian in a state where even the Government grapples to have one-stop answer to such queries. But seems very much feasible, as work is on to achieve just that through Common Services Centre (CSC) Scheme of the Centre.
To implement the scheme, as part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Centre, the State Government would put in place a state wide area network (SWAN), a state data centre (SDC) and common service centres which would deliver the services. The Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC) will be the nodal agency for the scheme.
‘‘We are involving NGOs, SHGs and corporates to implement it in Orissa. There would be about 5,000 CSCs in the GPs in the first phase,’’ said Information Technology Minister Surya Narayan Patro.
The IT Department, which plans to start work on the scheme in June said it should ideally take a year to launch the centres. But implementing it too means massive automation of the Government departments.
IT Department secretary S N Tripathy said, ‘‘CSCs will require automation of back-end process of the State Government which are being carried out with the existing e-governance programme.’’ The CSCs will not only be the single-point shop for delivery of e-government services but also encourage other value-added services such as agro-based information/transaction, banking, insurance, micro-credits, telemedicine, e-education and entertainment.
According to IT Director and Chief Executive of OCAC Vishal Dev, CSC scheme will be implemented through a three-tier structure in the State. At the grass-roots, village-level entrepreneurs will run the show. In the middle there will be an entity called service centre agency, a franchise holder. The apex body would be OCAC.
Patra said implementation of the scheme demands putting in place a number of institutional and legal mechanisms. The scheme envisages a revenue-support based on delivery of the services for the first four years instead of capital subsidy support.
Quelle: Newindpress, 23.04.2006
