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E-SEVA (services) OF
WEST GODAVARIA DISTRICT
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Submitted by: Sanjay Jaju, Government of Andhra
Pradesh
E Seva (e services) began in the district of West
Godavari, which is part of the province of Andhra Pradesh in
India. The project is a tool to bridge the digital divide in
the rural areas and has used Information Technology for
providing access to various C2C (citizen-to-citizen) and C2G
(citizen-to-government) services to the people living in
rural areas. Under this project web enabled rural kiosks
termed e Seva centres have been established at the mandal (a
sub district unit of administration) level.
The unique thing about these centres is that they are
run and managed by women's groups, and have been able to
position rural women as information leaders to help bridge
the gender divide. The project thus provides these groups
with an opportunity to become "information leaders," and
helps them act as change agents. It makes it possible for
them to grow in strength and stature with the project. As a
result, the women self help groups are drawing strength from
the project and on the other hand buttressing the project
with their existing strengths, a win-win situation for the
twosome.
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