Coimbatore IT park to become operational by January 2010

The Information Technology Park at Coimbatore will become operational by January 2010, according to Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Minister for Information Technology.Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, she said that the IT parks in Madurai, Tiruchi and Tirunelveli would become operational by September next year. She was inaugurating Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural areas.

Pointing out that the government was giving more impetus to starting Rural Business Processing Outsourcing Centres across the State, Ms. Poongothai said already five such rural BPOs were functioning as model and pilot projects in Krishnagiri district.The State was keen on having at least one rural BPO in every district by January 2010. The modalities of the rural BPOs such as work and revenue pattern were being worked out.

Ms. Poongothai said the Centre had originally sanctioned one CSC per three panchayats and now the same had been increased to one each for every panchayat.The objective of the CSC was to take the benefits of e-governance to the doorsteps of rural masses.The cost of establishing a kiosk would be Rs.1.25 lakh to Rs.3.25 lakh, she said.

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