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Tamil Nadu village councils to be IT empowered
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 19:30 IST
CHENNAI: Over 1,000 village panchayats in Tamil Nadu are to be made IT-enabled.
State Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha inaugurated the scheme Wednesday for making all 1,113 village panchayats IT-enabled at a cost of 
1 million. Several villages were given computers on the occasion.
Women's self-help groups will use the computers provided to the villages to get information on market trends, medical and health facilities, weather forecasts and modern agricultural practices.
Video-conferencing facilities will also be arranged in select village panchayats, a release from the chief minister's secretariat said.
Source: IANS
1 million. Several villages were given computers on the occasion.
Women's self-help groups will use the computers provided to the villages to get information on market trends, medical and health facilities, weather forecasts and modern agricultural practices.
Video-conferencing facilities will also be arranged in select village panchayats, a release from the chief minister's secretariat said.
Source: IANS