Centre to start major IT programmes in NE region

Aizawl, Dec 11 (UNI) The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has decided to implement an array of new programms to improve the standards of Information Technology (IT) in the Northeast.

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

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

With the help of the Centre 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 will help students and faculty of these universities to acccess internet, hosting web servers and access to E-Journals, distance learning and Digital library.

Apart from this, ERNET India would be setting up campus wide local area network at the 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 studios at all NE state secretariats.

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