The Hindu Business Line: As part of efforts to create a massive network of information kiosks in 600,000 villages in India by August 2007, the National Alliance on Mission 2007, aimed at ushering in ICT-led development in rural India, has outlined its plans to connect 240,000 panchayats in the first phase.
“Village Knowledge Centre (VKCs) is one of the essential components for realising our goal of graduating into a knowledge society. I am sure that ultimately the National Alliance will be able to develop a user controlled, owned and managed network which will help to reach the rural population in terms of information, knowledge and skill empowerment. However that focus of these VKCs should be on creation of employment opportunities without which the knowledge centres would become ineffective,” the Indian President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said in his inaugural address at the second annual convention of the National Alliance.
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