1PG students, Department of Agricultural Communication, G.B.P.U.A.T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145
2Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Communication, G.B.P.U.A.T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145
Online published on 24 July, 2018.
It may be concluded that most of the ICT projects have quite different origins and purposes, but all are concerning with improving the delivery of information and services to farmers and other rural dwellers. Most of the ICT-enabled development projects are concentrated only in 10 states in North and South India-Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Almost half of all ICT projects in India are located in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It is observed that promises of ICT in enhancing citizen's capacities remain unmet so far largely because ICT infrastructure is lacking in most of the projects. Most of the ICT projects are following franchisee-based, government supported and revenue generating business model. Majority of the ICT projects are facing constraints of poor connectivity, power supply crisis, lack of software support, unviable project design, inadequacy of infrastructure and unaffordable service charges.
