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The North-East of India is a land of breath-taking natural beauty. The region comprises eight states viz. Arunachal Pradesh , Assam,  Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The hills with dense forest cover make traditional forms of communication very difficult. A vital need has been felt to extend the reach of modern day technology to the area in order to enable rapid socio-economic development and bring the area closer to the national mainstream.

With this objective in mind, the Prime Minister announced a plan for the establishment of IT facilities at the block level in the North-Eastern Region in February, 2000. In April 2000, the then Ministry of Information Technology launched a project to establish Community Information Centres (CICs) in all blocks in North-Eastern States. Under this project, CICs are being setup in all 487 blocks of the North-Eastern States. The pilot Project covering 30 blocks in these states was inaugurated on 12 August 2000 by Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology.

The establishment of the CICs constitutes a tremendously challenging task in view of the remoteness of the area and the difficult mountainous terrain. In a region where good communication is lacking, satellite based links to the world outside will usher in a revolution in socio-economic development.

The main project was inaugurated on 17th August 2002 with the dedication of 457 CICs to the people of the North-East by then Hon'ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pramod Mahajan in Guwahati. 

 The CICs constitute a unique opportunity for the North-Eastern region of India to avail of cutting-edge Information Technology to give a fillip to the development of the region. 

Infrastructure and Management
Each Centre is well- equipped with infrastructure including one server machine, five client systems, one each of a VSAT, Laser Printer, Dot Matrix Printer, modem, LAN hub, TV, Web cam and two UPS (1KVA, 2 KVA).

Each CIC has two CIC Operators (CICOs) for managing the centers and providing services to the public. CIC operators in all states have been trained on networking equipment and software applications available at their sites.

The project is a joint effort by Department of Information Technology (DIT) under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the State Governments of the North-Eastern states.

DIT has funded the project and has the responsibility of overall monitoring and management. NIC is the Implementation agency. Application Software development and Training of CIC Operators are a part of NIC’s responsibilities. The State Governments were entrusted with the mandate of site selection, preparation and maintenance, manpower recruitment and identification and creation of content for various services/applications to be delivered through the CICs.

Future Plans

It is proposed to use the Community Information Centres for E-edutainment in the future. A select bouquet of channels could be telecast through the VSAT based network as TVs with other associated infrastructure is already available at the CICs. Other future prospects are the provision of connectivity to Schools, Hospitals and Post Offices in major habitats

 

                     

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