Bangalore: Chairman of National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda on Saturday said the Commission has set a target of providing 100 million broadband connections in the next three years.
"We are targeting 100 million broadband connections in the next three years from the present six million at present", he said at a panel discussion on "Transforming India: Reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid", an initiative of C-DOT alumni as part of the silver jubilee celebrations here.
The Commission was optimistic about achieving the target as "the necessary infrastructure, fibre network is already in place apart from the political will," Pitroda said.
He highlighted the need for a "change in the mindset of the government to bring about transformation and to take ICT to those at the bottom of the pyramid i.e the rural poor" and emphasised on an urgency to do away with the government system of filing and go in for electronic filing.
"We can play an important role in sensitising people about it. Though it is a slow process, we need to plant the seeds now", he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment