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West Bengal Completes E-Governance Project
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Technology partnership with AMD was a key to large scale deployment of the Athlon X2 dual-core processor based desktops across 19 districts of the state.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008:
AMD and the government of West Bengal have announced the successful deployment of AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processor based desktops for the Gram Panchayat e-governance project. The project was aimed at enabling effective governance through PC penetration within the Panchayati Raj institutions. The deployment covers all 210 Gram Panchayats across 19 districts of the state to primarily bridge the digital divide and further socio-economic opportunities for its citizens and was initiated by the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department of West Bengal.
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The project was completed in association with National Informatics Centre, Kolkata unit and the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC), Kolkata.
Dr Subir Roy, state information officer, National Informatics Center, West Bengal unit, who chaired the function announcing the completion of the project, said, “We wanted a dependable technology partner for this project, so that we could implement a robust, performance-oriented and scalable solution. Our objectives have been met with AMD as our technology partner. Bringing in AMD helped us contain the deployment costs within the same investment envelope, and thereby reaching the benefits to a larger section of population.”
Added A B Saha, executive director, CDAC, West Bengal, “The aim of e-governance projects is to bring about a positive change in the development of rural areas. Our software such as the Gram Panchayat Management System (GPMS) is designed to provide effective and decentralised governance and elevate the standards of rural areas. In addition, AMD was a natural choice due to its robust architecture and reliability.
“The Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Department (PR&RD) of West Bengal is one of the progressive departments in the country which endeavours to effectively leverage the benefits of ICT. Moreover, we at AMD completely support this cause of integrating technology into the public management framework in order to bring the benefits of ICT in rural areas,” said Ian Williams, corporate vice president, Asia Pacific, AMD.
The project involved expansion of existing PC infrastructure to ensure that software such as the Gram Panchayat Management System (GPMS), Integrated Fund Monitoring and Accounting System (IFMAS) and Rural Household Survey (RHS) could be installed and accessed quickly and efficiently by all Panchayati Raj institutions. A key mandate for this undertaking was to ensure that the planned infrastructure should not be impacted by rural environment conditions such as dust and power irregularities.
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