2. “Towards a sustainable society: With the use of information and Communication Technology (ICT)with special reference to e-governance in India”
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4. A sustainable society is one that can progress without catastrophic setbacks in the foreseeable future. Sustainable society (USA).
5. Sustainable society is a society in balance with the natural world, continuing generation after generation, neither depleting its resource base by exceeding sustainable yield nor producing pollutants in excess of nature’s capacity to absorb them.
8. That does not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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10. The IUCN, UNEP and WWF defined sustainable development as ‘Improving the quality of life of humans while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco-system’.
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12. Sustainable Society Index (SSI): Sustainable Society Index (SSI) - is a suitable yardstick to measure the level of sustainability of a country, it integrates the most important aspects of sustainability and quality of life of a national society in a simple and transparent way. It consist of only 22 indicators, grouped into 5 categories, it is based upon the definition of the Brundtland Commission, extended to the Brundtlanddefinition by explicitly including the social aspects of human life.
17. Even in the poorest country.It bridges the DIGITAL- DIVIDE. ICT offer new access of education and knowledge sharing, access to public services and convergence in citizen-government, employment and business opportunities, information and knowledge even in the remotest regions, helps to reduce poverty& builds sustainable society.
18. Thumb Rule of ICT Application ICT is only means not ends. Some important thumb rule must be taken in care before discussing the role of ICT, I) Focus on CITIZEN not on COMPUTER; II) Focus on SOFTWARE not on HARDWARE; III) Focus on PEOPLE not on SYSTEM IV) Focus on transforming on the process not on translation of process.
21. Improving financial security.Opportunity makes markets work for the poor and expands poor people’s assets. Empowerment makes state institutions work better for poor people and removes social barriers. Security helps poor people manage risk.
22. ICT and Poverty Reduction Increasing opportunities by supporting pro-poor market development e.g. ICT use in Gujrat milk centres, NAREGA, Kerala fisherman’s success story. Security to poor’s –Smart cards in micro-Financing, Bio-Metric ATM cards for NAREGA labourers. Enhancing empowerment to poor’s through access to Government information/public services (e-governance) e.g. CSC in India and CeC in Philipines.
23. ICT and Poverty Reduction ICT&UIDN-Unique Identification Number to every Indians. Programme launched on June25, 2009. It is an ICT tool to reduce poverty& development of country. It will facilitate financial inclusion, ensure better governance and improved service delivery so that the targeted group of people is actually benefited by centre and state.
24. Creating General Wealth Through ICT The growth in access to ICT in developing countries is boosting economic productivity, raising incomes of families and small businesses, and providing an important source of government revenue. It is estimated that a 10 percent increase in teledensity contributes to 0.6 percent of GDP growth. McKinsey group has estimated that- every ten percentage points increase in broadband penetration results in1.38 percentage points additional GDP growth in developing countries. Private investors transferred approximately US$7.1 billion to governments of IDA countries through privatizations and license awards between 1997 and 2007. Around $30 billion was committed to investments in telecommunications Networks in IDA countries between 1997 and 2007.
25. Empowerment of People through ICT(e-Governance) ICT can be used by government agencies to transform relations with citizens and business. Potential benefits include- Increases transparency, less corruption, better delivery of government services and greater Information disclosure and the possibility of interacting with public officials also build pressure for government responsiveness ,government accountability, the poor become empowered because they feel they are getting a service rather than a favour. Govt. of India implemented a major ICT based public service delivery programme under National e-Governance Programme (NeGP), under this programme 1,00,000 Common Service Centres (C.S.C.) will open at every six village on honeycombed model,comlete in between2006-2013,cost 4.00billionUSD.
30. Common Service Centers(CSC) under NEGP of India: The CSCs are meant to provide high quality and cost effective video, voice and data content, in the areas of E-Government, Education, Health, Tele-medicine, Entertainment as well as possible government and private services. The goal of the CSC Project is to empower the rural community and catalyze social change through modern technologies. Government establishing 1,00,000 Common Services Centres in 6,00,000 villages of India on “honey –comb model” i.e. each c.s.c. will cover six villages with cost of 4.0billions USD in period-2006-2013.
32. Common Service Centers(CSC) under NeGP of India: A bottem up approach to ICT-Enabled Common Services Canters (CSC) . It is the community participation and collective action, not ICT alone, which will lead to a behavior change for a sustainable socio-economic change and long-term rural prosperity. End-to-end Services : Government (G2C) Services; e -Government Services; Business to Consumer (B2C) services; Business-to-Business services (B2B). Empowered rural youth as social entrepreneurs1,00,000 direct& about 3,00,000 jobs will create through these C.S.C.,s.
33. Improved governance at cheaper costs. Establishing e-governance at lowest level i.e. at Panchyatlevel in India New channels of distribution for products and services in rural India Common Service Centres(C.S.C.’S) OF India,similarlily Government of Philipines implemented Common e Centres(CeC) with the use of killer applications – i.e., applications and services that create a high and pro-poor developmental impact, and encourage replication.
34. ICT: Bridges the Digital –Divide Means first "digital divide" between the technology "haves" and the “haves not”- access to computers and related technologies. The digital divide comprises--access, or lack of access to the Internet. In a globalized world, communication and access to information is not a luxury, but a basic right that people must have for human development. Scenario of Digital-Divide--digital –divide is clearly depicted from the world wide internet user world’s 75.8%internet user comes from top 20 countries while rest internet user24.2% comes from rest of countries(mostly are developing countries(see pie chart). Internet user’s distribution shows that most of the user from developed world in 2005 but in 2010 developing countries share gradually increasing .(see pie chart). China on top position, followed byAmarica, Japan, Brazil&India(81 million user till 2009). Internet user per 100 inhabitants is in world in 2010 is (30) while in Europe(65),Amarica(55),CIS(46),Arab states(24.9),Asia-Pacific(21.9) and in Africa(9.6).This data in developed countries is (71.6) while in developing countries. Proportion of house hold internet user per 100 inhabitants in 2010 is (71.1) in developed countries and in developing.
45. Improving the administration of educational institutions in order to enhance the quality and efficiency of service delivery. Some countries& regoins set theie targets to achieve the goal of ict access to education system.
46. In Latin America and the Caribbean, eLAC 2010 established a target to connect 70 per cent of public educational institutions by 2010, preferably via broadband, otherwise tripling the current number of public schools connected to the internet.
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48. For knowledge sharing the scientific and research centres must be connect with ICTs. :Promot affordable and reliable high-speed Internet connection for all universities and research institutions to support their critical role in information and knowledge production, education and training, and to support the establishment of partnerships, cooperation and networking between these institutions.”[WSIS]
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51. ICT is a great leveller. ThomosL.Friedmanfamous amarican journalist wrote in his famous book “HOT, FLAT&CROWDED”-Global economic field become levelled due to-personal computers,interne and software and transmission protocol.
52. 5282million mobile phone subscriber&1197 million fixed phone subscriber.90%world population is covered by telephone.telephony reaches its saturation, now future growth in field of internet.
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54. Conclusion of seminars IV) India is exploring potential of rural areas through common serviccentres (CSC). These CSC’S will create 1,00,000 direct jobs&3,00,000 jobs indirectly in rural India. Village level entrepreneurship will develop through these CSC’s. These centres are opening new channels of distribution for product and services in rural India. V) Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said “give fish to man you willfeed him for a day, teach man to fish you will feed him for life”. It implied that educate the people,his income will increase.ICT provide new access to education,information&knowledge.It enhance the national growth&improve the living standard of people.Internet access to all schools& computer literacy is need of hour to bridge second digital divide.
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56. VII) World’s 90% population is covered with telephone ;its growth is almost reaches at saturation level but it connect the people world wide. Now high growth exist in internet sector in future. There is a huge gap in internet access and number of user in between developing countries& developed countries. In 21st century internet will be as essential as electrcity. Internet Access To All should be new slogan in 21st century& access to internet should declare as human right, so that world can achieve milleniud Development Goals ,to make a sustainable society..
