A case study on :E-Governance

Sem :5th

Branch : IT

Roll no : 11IT04

Silver Oak College Of Engineering & Technology

Introduction

 Governments in developing countries are keen on bridging the communication gap

to remote rural areas in order to improve and monitor the level of government and

municipal services provided to these remote villages, provide information related

to the livelihood of these citizens (i.e. price of commodities, production and

marketing methods) and provide direct, accessible channels for addressing

grievances.

 

Continuous, accessible contact with these areas provides many benefits and

enables governments to significantly raise the living standard of these citizens by

facilitating access to essential services, to education and better understanding of

their needs.

 

The state of Gujarat, the western-most state in India is an example of a rural area

populated with a great number of small, remote villages whose lives have

significantly improved due to an effective communication infrastructure.

 

The state of Gujarat is one of the fastest growing economies in India. It is

populated by 13,693 remote rural villages and the Gujarat government resolved to

bring the digital age to these remote areas and enable them to benefit from the

industrial boom in their state.

Gujarat’s Network Requirements

 Each village of at least 300 is represented by a council of local government, where

it is the council that communicates directly with more centralized government

representatives.

 

Gujarat needed a cost-effective, flexible and scalable communication infrastructure

that could quickly be set up in the rural areas to provide communication to each

village.

 

The infrastructure was required to support its full range of services, including

broadband connectivity to all villages where individuals could have internet access,

video conferencing, VoIP, etc.

 

Most importantly the infrastructure should be easy to manage, deploy and operate,

as well as comply with tight budget constraints by having cost efficient capital

expenditure (CAPEX) and ongoing operational expenditure (OPEX).

 

Project

VSAT networks provide the optimal solution for these requirements. These

networks are flexible as well as robust. They can be easily set up, maintained and

once deployed, can be modified to meet changing needs without requiring

additional site visits. These networks are also secure, and independent of the local

terrestrial infrastructure and therefore less vulnerable to inadvertent damages.

  The Gilat VSAT solution that was deployed in the Gujarat network provides a

number of unique benefits that have contributed to the success of the project:

Ease of installation – With 23 years of experience in developing equipment that

is typically deployed in remote locations, Gilat’s VSATs are designed for simple

installation making allowing rapid deployment with minimal on-site expertise

required. This is one of the things that made it possible for all 13,693 Gilat

VSATs to be deployed throughout Gujarat within a period of approximately 6

months.

QoS assurance – The Gilat VSAT system includes advance mechanisms for

ensuring that the necessary bandwidth is allocated for different traffic types so

that the optimal quality of the communications can be achieved.

Robust communications – The Gilat VSAT system can be deployed in harsh

environmental conditions. Exceptionally high MTBF and system stability allow

large scale networks, such as the one installed in Gujarat, to function properly

and operate smoothly.

Features

The solution that was selected by the Gujarat Government was a VSAT based

telecom infrastructure that provides each of the 13,693 village centers throughout

the state with connectivity to the government databases and to the Internet.

 

The advantages are many and great:

o Issue of certificates, documents and application forms – for example, verification

for bought land, issue of birth certificates and any other type of documentation or

bureaucratic procedure is issued promptly at the village, where previously it may

have required traveling to distant location and an entire day's waiting before

being served

o Direct communication enables prompt redressal of grievances and significantly

improves the ethics of government

o More efficient bill payment, record keeping and monitoring of tax collection. The

makes it easier for the villagers to pay their bills and therefore increases the

overall state tax collection

o Access of villagers to commodities related information that directly affects their

livelihood – for example, price of crop, which crops they should plant and more

efficient growing methods

ConclusionHence , from this case study we have learnt about network requirements

and development in Gujarat.

References:http://www.gilat.com/e-Gov/Gujarat

http://www.gujaratindia.com/initiatives/