Jharkhand would be probably first state of the country where the fleet of common service centres (CSCs) or Pragya Kendra spread all across, especially in smaller towns and villages, would double as telemedicine centres.
Department of IT and e-Governance has prepared itself to launch the medical service through CSCs under which any family can get consultation with doctors as many as eight times in a month, get prescribed medicines over there along with other services continuing at present. The facility would be free of cost for BPl families.
Announcing about this Chief Minister Raghubar Das underlined the role of IT in better governance. “Earlier problem before the country and the State was bad governance which allowed corruption through middlemen. Now we are living in a knowledge-based society where IT has a major role to play. This Government would leave no stone unturned in making Digital Jharkhand to ease problems of the masses,” said the CM on Sunday speaking at Jharkhand IT Conclave 2018.
The CSCs in the State are already delivering one-stop solution for services such as getting various certificates, updating biometrics, services like PAN, Aadhaar, land records, travel tickets, bill deposits. Banking services and education related facilities are also to be added in due course of time.
Pragya Kendras set to play health kiosks for masses
On the occasion he also drew attention toward misrule in the State for 14 years since its formation. “We have lost opportunities for 14 years. But in the last three years we have managed to bring changes and establish rule of law in the State with same resources, people and officials. This has been done because of political stability,” he added saying that IT techniques and tools can bridge the gap existing and vowed making a new Jharkhand by 2022.
The CM on the occasion also handed over successful certification to 4,50,000 rural youths under PMGDISHA program, launched 30 Rural BPOs in different parts of the State, inaugurated 2,500+ seater BPO which will create more than 7,500 job opportunities for youth here. Verified Facebook pages for 10,000 village level entrepreneurs (VlEs) were also launched during the conclave which will help them with digital marketing opportunities and facilitating them in their business growth.
The CM also encouraged startups, BPOs and IT ecosystem coming up in the State and promised to provide infrastructure embedded with the plug-n-play facility along with program management capabilities for them. Jharkhand, as a leader, has opened country’s first Rural BPO in Silli block of Ranchi.
Currently out of 46 Rural BPOs in India, 30 are in Jharkhand and being run by the VlEs with at least 10 female employees. It is expected that progressive BPO policy will help in creation of 7500 new job opportunities in the State. The CM also mentioned about Jharkhand Startup Policy 2016 which will offer Startups with handsome benefits and incentives.
Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma mentioned that the Government is working towards the growth of IT/ ITeS sector for better future of the State and its citizens. She further added that, States aim is to develop Jharkhand as an IT hub and has launched progressive policies on Startups, BPO/ BPM industry, IT/ ITeS and ESDM sector. She also informed that the Government has inked MoU with Gujarat Venture Fund limited (GVFl) for creation of INR 250 crore of Startup fund by GVFl.
Development Commissioner Amit Khare, Principal Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal and were also present on the occasion. Secretary- IT Satendra Singh said STPI centres will be developed in Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Deogarh and Bokaro, besides Ranchi to spread of IT/ ITeS sector in the State.
The conclave also saw great number of VlEs, youths working with rural BPOs and Startup firms attending the conclave where several technical sessions were also organised for their benefits. DK Tyagi, CEO of Common Service Center SPV, Omkar Rai, DG-STPI, Anil Chhikara, Chairman-Startup India Foundation, Rahul Narvekar, Founder-The India Network and Rajat Arora, from Facebook India shared their experiences.
IT Summit -2 : Chief Minister Raghubar Das present certificate to a girl during the Jharkhand IT Conclave-2018 at Nehru Stadium, Dhurwa in Ranchi on Sunday. Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Principal Secretary to CM Sunil Barnwal and Secretary IT Satendra Singh are also seen in the picture. Pix by Vinay Murmu