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Area 8195 sq km Drought rm tio ig w y W h v tur dth info a n h h a e a e ne e prone district (430/830 mm rainfall Main crops: Soyabean, Wheat, Maize & Cotton

Population 1.7 million Tribal 54% Literacy 52%

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District at a glance
      Population No. of blocks Total area Rainfall Average Landholding Agriculture Production
Rabi Kharif

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: 1.7 million (54% tribal) : 13 : 8195 sq.kms. : 923.34 mm (last years

average 930mm)

: 1.85 ha.
: 2.91 lakh ha. : 4.41 lakh ha.

 

Main Crops Literacy(Dhar)

: Soyabean, Cotton, Wheat : 52.70%.

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District Dhar

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Dhar district is located in the south-west corner of Madhya Pradesh. Population 17 lakhs (54% population tribal-Bhils, Bhilalas, Patelyias, 60% population living below poverty line) Administratively divided in 13 development blocks, 762 Gram Panchayats, 10 urban areas.

10 blocks interconnected through Intranet.

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Gyandoot project Focus on :

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Project involved setting up of low cost potentially self sustainable community owned rural intranet terminals known as Soochanalaya G 2 C Model
E-governance

E-Agriculture E-Education
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E-Commerce

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ISSUES IN CONCEPTUALISATION OF GYANDOOT PROJECT :

Content in Local Language / English ? Internet / Intranet network ? V-sat / existing OFC telecom infrastructure Government sponsored/community owned kiosks ? Free services / user charges ? Initial inertia of employees
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SELECTION CRITERIA
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SELECTION OF KIOSK LOCATIONS : Peoples response / initiative shown by gram Panchayat Haat Bazaar / Bus Stand Point. Local exchange on OFC/ within WiLL access limit SELECTION OF SERVICES : Meeting with panchayat representatives Felt-needs identified through PRA exercises Meeting with district officials & kiosk managers
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SELECTION CRITERIA
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SELECTION OF SOOCHAK : Proposal from Village Panchayat At least Matriculate Resident of that village Technical selection by members of samiti.

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Gyandoot - The purveyor of knowledge An Intranet in Dhar

35 village kiosks 19 Govt. Sponsored 16 private kiosks
12 kiosks on two National Highway that passes through district with six kiosks within a radius of 10 km around DHAR head quarter.
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Stakeholders of Gyandoot

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Gyandoot Samiti

A registered society under M.P. Societies registration Act 1873. All the members are government officials with the Collector as President and CEO ZP as Secretary The operational team is of Program Manager, DIO NIC (Technical head) & four computer operators. Is a private entrepreneur At least matriculate Is paid no salary / honorarium (Earns for himself)
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Soochak

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Provides infrastructure facilities for Gyandoot

Zilla Panchayat

Most of the staff have been drawn from the Zila Panchayat who work part time.

National Informatics Center

Provides full technical support and guidance in system maintenance and software development, implementation, & maintenance.
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Services of Gyandoot

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On - Line

Mandi Rates Social atrocities/epidemics Information on government schemes/allocations Guidelines for property registration Expert advice Gram Haat Vaivahiki Online directory of people

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Services of Gyandoot

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Combination of On - Line & Off - line

Caste/Income/domicile certificates Grievance Redressal Old age/Social Security pension online booking of vermi-compost Gyandoot Certificate Exams

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Services of Gyandoot

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Land record distribution :

Off - line

It is the most popular service amongst farmers. On the spot delivery of soochanalaya certified copies of land ownership was given from Gyandoot soochanalaya. These copies can be used for loan, guarantor, etc.

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32 E - Clubs

Rajgarh

Sardarpur
Ringnod Amzera Bagadi Nalchha Tirla Dehari Saray Sagour Digthan

DHARDedla

Semalda Kukshi Sundrel Dhamnod Manawar Bakaner Dharampuri Khalghat

Singhana

Head Quarter Govt. School (32)

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Services provided by E - Club

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E - Education

Online results Question banks Personality tests Syllabuses Sawaliram se puchiye Quizzes Education courses (only through village kiosks) E-library

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ECONOMICS OF SOOCHANALAYAS
INITIAL INVESTMENT IN 2000 : Capital cost of establishing a kiosk :- Rs. 57,000 Computer 32000 Modem 3500 Installation charges 2000 Printer 10000 UPS 9500 Recurring cost per annum :- Rs. 12,000
Includes telephone, electricity and other maintenance expenses
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CURRENT ECONOMY OF SOOCHANALAYAS

INVESTMENT IN 2005 :

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Capital cost of establishing a kiosk :- Rs. 36,000 Computer 16000 Installation charges 2000 Printer 8000 UPS 10000 Recurring cost per annum :- Rs. 12,000
Includes telephone, electricity and other maintenance expenses

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Economics Of Soochanalayas
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The Soochnalayas can be Graded under 3 categories according to the income gained: Category A (8,000 - 10,000) p.m. : 3 + 4 = 7 Category B (3,000 - 6,000) p.m. : 9 + 1 = 10 Category C (1,000 - 4,000) p.m. : 6 + 5 = 11 * Kiosks are also earning from photocopy, Computer training, Data Entry work, STD/PCO like offline services. 18

Replicability:

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 The mutations of Gyandoot had been successfully implemented in Himachal Pradesh with the name of LOKMITRA  In Madhya Pradesh no true replica of Gyandoot had been implemented.  Lack of direction from State Government  Implementations by State Govt. / NGO / Private agencies  Proliferation of Private Agency Bad experience by some districts in implementation of project.
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Results

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Faster response from government machinery Transparency in access mechanism Anytime-Anywhere-Anybody. Elimination of middlemen Better return to villagers for their produce Alternative employment opportunities ( as soochak / through on-line employment exchange / as trained computer literate youth)
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Results

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200 rural youth getting computer training at the kiosks Government employees voluntarily getting trained in computers. Advanced course on IT started in polytechnic college and other colleges in district.
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Results

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Local political decision making in resource allocation is affected in favor of IT (Rs. 25 Lakh sanctioned in MPLAD for e-education project) Project has generated international level discussions on e-governance model Government of MP instituted Gyandoot Award amounting to Rs. 2.00 Lakhs for popular IT projects

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Usages of services in Year 2004-2005

LAND Records : Mandi Rates : Caste/Income/domicile certificates: Grievance Redressal : Old age/Social Security pension : Information on government : schemes/allocations Guidelines for property registration: BPL List : Exam results : Expert advice :

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60,000 20,000 32,000 40,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 15,000 40,000 10,000
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SPEED BREAKERS

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Telecom infrastructure (Last mile problem) Power situation Policy and legal framework ( Authentication of validity of certificates issued from Soochanalaya Initial resistance from employees

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STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE AWARD, 2000

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Pride and Strength

Gyandoot was declared winner of Stockholm Challenge Award, 2000 " Public Service and Democracy" category out of 109 IT projects from all over the world. 29 member international jury commented -"Project "Gyandoot" is a unique government to citizen intranet project implemented in a tribal district (Dhar) in Central India, with numerous benefits to the region including a people-based selfreliant sustainable strategy. "Gyandoot" is recognized as a breakthrough in e-government, demonstrating a paradigm shift which gives marginalised tribal citizens their first ever chance to access knowledge, with minimum investment."
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CSI-TCS NATIONAL IT AWARD 2000

Computer Society of India awarded CSI-TCS National IT Award 2000 for best IT usage to the Gyandoot Project from among the contestants like ICICI Bank, Global Trust Bank, SAIL and NCRB.
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Observations:

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 Reaffirms that for E-Governance to succeed it is essential to have champion at very senior position  The success of Gyandoot shows that a minimum level of Government readiness is a pre requisite for E-Governance i.e. Willingness within Govt. to embrace EGovernance along with strong desire to improve Governance
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