Poverty eradication in India through ICTs

["Irfan Khan" <khania@super.net.pk>]

[from http://www.indev.org/news/1feb01k.html]

International experts discussed how to speed up the process of 
eradication of poverty in India through use of information and 
communication technologies: Pilot project to be set up in district 
Satara of Maharashtra


Organized by International Centre for Poverty Eradication, a 
consortium of Canadian NGOs and local Toronto community groups and 
international experts discussed "how to use Information and 
Communication Technologies to Eradicate Poverty in Developing 
countries" especially in India and China, at the conference held 
recently in Toronto, Canada. The technological revolution has created 
unprecedented economic growth in recent years yet the world has 
witnessed enormous disparities between rich and poor. In the case of 
India, this income gap is alarming due to lack of Human Development, 
especially education, health, and skills development particularly in 
rural areas. The main focus of the project is to establish a ICT 
Centre to provide poor rural and remote communities with affordable 
public assess and connectivity to Information and Communication and 
other Technologies. The targeted beneficiaries would include poorest 
of the poor, youth, women, and unemployed youth. Small rural 
enterprises, farmers, village traders, and craftsmen/women.


for details see http://www.eradicatepoverty.com/