October 13, 2008
The Financial Express
Gurgaon has also been ranked among the foremost software export locations in the country. These complexes with state-of-the-art facilities will come up on design, finance, build, operate and transfer (DFBOT) model in Gurgaon on three plots spread over nine acres with a covered area of about 7 lakh square feet and approximate cost of Rs 300 crore, a spokesman of Hartron said.
Hartron has also been identified as the state designated agency for the implementation of common services centres (CSCS) scheme in the state for establishing and operating 1,159 rural CSCs and 104 urban CSCs to be called” e-Disha Ekal Seva Kendras”, the spokesman informed.
As on day B2C services like computer education, mobile top ups, railway/air ticket booking, internet surfing and download of various applications/forms used for government services were being delivered through these centres, he added.
He said the corporation was also in the process of setting up a state data centre, approval for which had already been received from the union department of information technology. The cost of the project was estimated at Rs 50.68 crore with a contribution of Rs 13.5 crore from the Union department and the balance Rs 37.18 crore being met through additional central assistance (ACA) for National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) provisions of the Planning Commission. Introduction of smart cards to replace the outdated paper based ration cards in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Haryana is another new initiative by Hartron.
He said Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited, an agency of the state government providing total IT solutions, has achieved a high turnover of about Rs 31.17 crore during the financial year 2007-08.
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