Centre to set up new major IT programmes in NE region

Aizawl, Sep 6 (UNI) In a bid to improve the standard of Information Technology (IT) in the North East region, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has decided to implement some new programms.

The IT Ministry has already setup Community Information Centres (CICs) at 487 blocks in the seven NE states, including Sikkim, to provide connectivity at the block level and thus promote application of IT for accelerating socio-economic development of the region, official sources said here today.

The CICs will help tackle the digital divide by providing internet access and IT enabled services and also facilitate citizens interface with the government.

With the help of the Centre, Education and Research Network (ERNET) India has also set up point-to-point high speed links in ten universities of NE region including states of Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim.

These links help students and faculty of these universities to acccess internet, hosting web servers and e-Journals, distance learning and Digital library.

Apart from this, ERNET India would be setting up campus wide local area network at Arunachal University.

The Government has also provided NICNET infrastructure at all state secretariats and 70 districts of NE and Sikkim. In addition, National Informatics Centre (NIC) has provided video conferencing studio at all NE state secretariats.

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