Bridging the Digital Divide

eGram Vishwagram Project

Gujarat

Scope of Presentation

Vision and Objective

Roll Out Strategy Adopted
eGram Project ICT Status
eGram Stake Holders
Network Architecture of e-GCI Project & Analysis
Services Rolled out through eGram Center
Major Telecast Program through PAWAN Channel
Awards for the Project
Benefits to Panchayat
Future Road Map

Vision & Objective

Vision : Empowering people through popular

participation towards prosperity and sustainable
development in rural Gujarat.

Objective : Bridging the Digital Divide between

rural & urban area.

To Infuse 5 Es in

Ease

Economy

Efficiency

Effectiveness

Ethics

governance i.e.

Roll Out Strategy Adopted

Stage I
100% Gram Panchayat
Building construction
(Completed in Year
2006)

Increase in Internet
Bandwidth by 35Mpbs
and B2C and GoI
Services Roll Out (37
Mpbs to 72Mbps
completed in year
2014)

Stage II
Electrification
through JyotiGram
Yojna
(Completed in Year
2007)

Stage III
Computerization of
Gram Panchayat
(Completed in Year
2008)

Stage V
Services Rolled out
From eGram
(Year 2008 onwards)

Stage IV
E-Connectivity of
Gram Panchayat
(Completed in Year
2008)

eGram Project ICT Status

Total eGram Centers in operation are 13971 across Gujarat.

Each eGram Center is equipped with Computer, Printer , Scanner & UPS

In Panchayat Area Wide Area Network (PAWAN) all eGram centers get
connected with Districts as well as State Capital .

Each eGram center is having Very Small Aperture Terminal ( VSAT) ,Voice Over
Internetwork Protocol (VoIP) Phone, Web camera and UPS.
Provision of

18 Duplex Channels of Video Conference @ 512 Kbps --- 19 Mbps

50 Concurrent User Voice Chat @ 16 Kbps burstable up to 64Kbps 2 Mbps
1 Dedicated Video Broadcast Channel @ 3 Mbps
2500 Concurrent User @ 16 Kbps burstable up to 256 Kbps / site 72 Mbps

eGram : Stake Holders

Village
Computer
Entrepreneur

Government
Officials

Citizen

eGram

Technical
Support & Training
Staff & ICT Partners

E Gram
Vishwagram
Society

Village Computer Entrepreneur ( VCE )

A PPP Model on a revenue sharing basis .

Local person with minimum Qualification of 10th Pass .

Roll out of Basic G2C services & B2C Services through eGram Center.

Technical Support & Training Service Provider

(TSTSP)

Every Month visit to each & every eGram

Main Responsibility :
To Provide Technical Support (Hardware & Software) to eGram
To Provide Training Service to VCE
Assist the eGram Center in roll out of G2C & B2C Services
Anti virus and other new software installation
Video conference and broadcasting arrangements
Vendor Co-ordination for part replacement

Regular Daily, Weekly & Monthly MIS Reporting

e-GRAM Vishwagram Society

eGram
Vishwagram
Society
is
an
SPV
for
eGovernance activities for Panchayati Raj Institutions. It is
registered under Mumbai Public Trust Act 1950 and society
registration Act 1860.

The Governing Body headed by Honble Minister ( Science

& Technology)

The Executive Committee is headed by Principal Secretary

(P, RH & RD).

In both Committees Member Secretary is Development

Commissioner.

The Sources of fundsGrants from State Government an

own funds.

Government Officials

In each district , District Development Officer is taking lead and

implementing Project in his district and separate eGram unit is there for
Project day to day monitoring.

eGram Nodal Officer has been appointed for day to day monitoring of
Project.

District Level Executive and Taluka Level Executive of TSTSP Team is

reporting to the DDOs .

Ministry of Information and Telecommunication, Government of India

recognized eGram as eGram CSC Center from 4th Feb 2010.

Network Architecture Of e-GCI Project

MCU,Banglore

NSS-11
Satellite

eGram Centers

VoIP
Internet
Intranet
Internet

Video
Broadcast
Gujarat NOC ,
Gandhinagar

Video Conferance

10004

9888

10365

10134

Year 2010
9949

11022

10530

7960

13372

13468

Year 2009
13566

13684

13483

13554

13500

16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0

12012

Yearly User Availability Analysis of PAWAN network

Year 2011
Year 2012
Year 2013

Year 2014
Year 2015

Unique Login

Average Login

Year 2016

33.33

29.36

26.33

10.15

10.36

9.23

13.87

Year 2010

36.5

26.49

Year 2009

5.83

20

25.13

40

20.55

60

28.05

80

85.7

74.4

100

83

Yearly Bandwidth Analysis of PAWAN Network

Year 2011
Year 2012
Year 2013
Year 2014

Year 2015
Peak Bandwidth (in Mbps)

Average Bandwidth (In Mbps)

Year 2016

Services Enablement

Services Rolled out through eGram Center

G2C Services

Basic Certificates Issuance (Birth, Death, Character & Income Certificate)

Land Right Records Certificates (7/12, 8-A)

Bill Collection Services Electricity and Gas bill Services

All other Government Department Data Entry Works like Health NRHM, e-MAMTA etc

Cyber Teaching Classes through PAWAN Channel

ITI Admission Form Distribution and Submission

PDS (eRation Card)

OJAS application For Government Jobs

Farmer Registration through iKhedut Portal

B2C Services through http://apna.csc.gov.in

DTH & Mobile Recharging & Bill Payment

Ticketing Services IRCTC, GSRTC

On line Education

All Other Internet Based Services like Merit list, on line Application form Filling etc..

DTP Work

Financial Inclusion(Insurance Service, Banking, Pension Service, PAN Card, Jeevan Praman
Services)

Aadhaar-eKYC Service

Status of Services
RoR (in Lacs)

250.00

210.42

200.00

169.14

150.00

131.20

100.00
50.00

PDS (in Lacs)

77.38

92.95

93.01

41.79
16.63

0.00
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Year
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
Total

Income (INR)
4,68,05,545
10,52,14,200
8,45,71,825
6,56,00,070
4,64,76,225
3,86,90,160
2,08,96,135
83,16,135
41,62,73,295

3000.00
2421.60
2500.00
2000.00
1248.89
1500.00
768.39
1000.00
500.00 12.07 21.66
29.69
0.00
Year Year Year Year Year Year
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Year
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
Total

Income (INR)
59,38,214
15,36,79,380
48,43,21,728
24,97,78,736
43,33,212
24,14,564
90,04,65,834
* Report till July 2016

Status of Utility Bill Services

GEB (in Lacs)

No. of bills (in Lacs)

GSPC (in Lacs)

VCE Income (in Lacs)

600.0
481.1
379.5

377.8

401.9

508.7

436.6

14.7

14.0

12.0
10.0

300.0

8.0

200.0

6.0

100.0 54.0

VCE Income (in Lacs)

15.1

16.0

500.0
400.0

No. of bills (in Lacs)

54.2

57.4

62.4

68.7

72.7

0.0

6.3

4.0
2.0

2.2
0.9

2.9

2.1
0.4

0.0
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Year
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
Total

Amount Collected (in Lacs)

62772.59
59770.73
52243.28
39274.50
32880.44
29146.20
276087.74

2013-14
Year
2016-2017
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
Total

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

Amount Collected (in Rs.)

8,78,87,657
17,72,83,183
13,93,73,525
2,58,85,538
43,04,29,903
* Report till June 2016

B2C Services
Transactions
(2013-14)

Transactions
(2014-15)

Transactions
(2015-16)

Transactions
(2016-17 *)

Mobile Recharge

63793

125602

90622

9500

DTH Recharge
Election
Services/EPIC Card
Print

4408

8443

6644

574

4910

5645

5602

UID Print

8560

7990

8076

2716

LIC Premium

1294

3431

4150

623

Aadhaar- eKYC

-----

43518

149373

24,499

1,72,290

3,72,823

4,74,650

37,912

Category

Total

* Source :- http://etaal.gov.in

* Report till July 2016

Financial Inclusion Progress

Total 3420 VCE have been registered for

APNA DHAN Services

144 VCE passed Rural Authorization Person

(RAP) exam conducted by IRDA , and now
they are empowered to start 52 companies
insurance products through single login.

PAN Card services started from eGram centers

and so far 1231 application submitted .

PRAN Card (PFRDA) generation has been

started from eGram centers and so far 884
application submitted.

As per Ministry of Finance guidelines,

Currently 650 e-Gram centers are working as
pilot for Financial Inclusion Services across
Gujarat.

Other On line Services e-enablement

Rural Citizen are now able to get :

National Digital Literacy Mission Education training

FSSAI registration
Aadhaar Seeding work
State Government s Job Application Form through OJAS Portal
10th & 12th Exams Online Results
ITI , BE/B Tech admission Forms
Different Government Forms through Mahiti Shakti web site

Data Entry work for

MNERGA
Khelmahakumbh Annual Sports Meet
Birth And Death Data Entry Application
CV writing , DTP work , Scanning Facility , Free VoIP Telephony

Status of services Other Departments

Department Name

Service Name

Department of Planning

Village Amenities Form

Department of Panchayat

Gram Sabha and Seed Money Data Entry work

Department of General
Administration

Gram SWAGAT Data Entry Work

Department of Health

Data Entry Work of School Children Health record (Year 2010)

Department of Rural
Development

MNREGA Data Entry through their GRS Candidate

Department of Agriculture

Data entry work of Krishi Mahotsav

Sports Authority of Gujarat

Online Registration of Sport Persons during KhelMahaKumbh

Tribal Department

Registration of Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojna

Higher Education Department

Admission form for the admission in First Years of Engineering , Pharmacy

Commissionrate of Road &

Transport

Learning Licensee

BSNL

Direct Selling Center of BSNL Products

Online e-Transactions Report (2009 to 2016)

[offline services transactions not included]
Year

Transactions
per year

Income per Year

eGram (20%)

VCE (80%)

2016-2017

1,22,70,816

5,24,46,759

1,04,89,352

4,19,57,407

2015-2016

10,51,49,103

30,97,59,591

6,19,51,918

24,78,07,673

2014-2015

26,70,24,674

62,23,87,608

12,44,77,522

49,79,10,086

2013-2014

14,68,37,765

37,19,95,155

7,43,99,031

29,75,96,124

2012-2013

1,94,60,659

10,19,33,451

2,03,86,690

8,15,46,761

2011-2012

1,61,27,575

9,13,80,551

1,82,76,110

7,31,04,441

2010-2011

95,75,891

5,86,72,783

1,17,34,557

4,69,38,226

2009-2010

1,26,63,227

1,93,16,135

38,63,227

1,54,52,908

58,91,09,710

1,62,78,92,033

32,55,78,407

1,30,23,13,626

Total

Average Yearly Income Generated by a VCE per eGram

Financial
Year

Transactions/Year

Income/Year (INR)

2016-2017*

884

3021

2015-2016

7684

18107

2014-2015

19512

36383

2013-2014

10730

21746

2012-2013

1422

5958

2011-2012

1178

5341

2010-2011

700

3429

2009-2010

925

1129

Data Based on Only Electricity Bill, RoR, PDS eCoupon , Data Entry Work
* Report till July 2016

Major Telecast Program through PAWAN Channel

Dedication of PAWAN Channel on 23rd Jan 2009 at Subhash Jayanti

,Haripura ,Surat.

Successfully conduct e-Learining session for class Vth Student in year

2010.

All Program relayed through BiSAG are being broadcasted at PAWAN

Channel on Priority Basis of different government departments .

Regular transmission of Jharokha and Parivartan and Operation

Savdhan Program.

Training Program on services like B2C Services, Passport & Pan card
application, e-Coupan System etc.

IT Training Program on MS Office ,Adobe , Anti Virus etc .

Broadcast of Sadbhavana Mission , Sarpanch Sammelan etc

Oath Ceremony Transmission of Honble Chief Minister & Ministers.

Awards for the Project

CSC Nihilent e-Governance Award 2007
(Outstanding Project Category)
Skoch Award 2008
CAPAM Certificate of Achievement 2009
CSC Nihilent e-Governance Award 2013
(Sustainable Project Category)

Benefits to Panchayat

Creation of one Job through entrepreneurship

mode by Gram Panchayat.

Identification of Gram Panchayat as e Service

Delivery Center in rural area.

Centers are developing as Rural Data Collection

Center.

Step towards Gram Sachivalaya Concept .

Future Road Map

Roll out of ATVT Services from eGram
Centers
National Fiber Optic Network Roll out

VCE: DIMPAL GAUSWAMI

eGram: NAVAGAM- ANJAR
District: Kutch

THANKS