Creating Jobs by Monetizing the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
Rajasthan, 20th March, 2015: New Delhi-based RajiVihaan Group aims to create 24,000 plus jobs and bring affluence to villages in Rajasthan through its newly launched ‘DEVTA – GAON SE GAON’ program. DEVTA has been coined as an acronym for Digitally Empowering Villages Towards Affluence – Village to Village (GAON SE GAON).
“‘DEVTA – GAON SE GAON’ program is a set of services which intends to bring the benefits of fibre based broadband network NOFN being rolled out by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and the benefits of Digital India campaign to the remotest of Village Panchayat in Rajasthan and help them towards affluence,” said Mr. Vijay Yadav, Chairman of RajiVihaan Group.
The program intends to provide employment opportunities and specific services to the villages which would connect them with markets beyond their geographies. One of the services is e-commerce which will allow buyers and sellers across India to trade products and services through its e-commerce portal www.gaonsegaon.com. Sellers can register themselves on this portal and upload their products and services to get national reach and best prices, whereas buyers get the benefit of low prices. A team of professionals from DEVTA-GAON SE GAON Program is ready to help sellers and traditional brick and mortar companies in this endeavor.
According to the management of RajiVihaan, this initiative will enable the villagers of Rajasthan to sell their goods and services nationally at rates that market is ready to pay without losing out on margins to commission agents, and thus balance out the ever growing trade imbalance between villages and cities. Under this program a ‘Village Level Entrepreneur’ (VLE) once selected after making an online application on www.gaonsegaon.com is trained and skilled, to serve as GRTP (Grass Root Telephony Provider) and GREP (Grass Root Energy Provider- Solar/Renewable energy). As GRTP, the VLE thus skilled will support in provisioning and maintenance of local connectivity of bandwidth, servicing of local Telecom Networks, Telecom Devices, or Access Services. As GREP, the VLE thus skilled will supply, provision, and maintain renewable energy solutions based on solar energy. The VLE will be trained and skilled to further support the villagers of Rajasthan in e-commerce transactions, and will be the central point of pick-up and delivery of goods and for the coordination in the villages for product & service delivery to the cities. VLE will enable an ecosystem that will support brick and mortar companies and skilled individuals to make online sales of their goods and services through ‘www.gaonsegaon.com’.
“We have already trained and skilled VLEs in the 10 villages of Rajasthan and are working closely with the Village Panchayats to reach 100 villages within this financial year. We are now planning to cover all the 9177 Village Panchayats of Rajasthan in the next three (3) years and thus give direct employment for 9177 entrepreneurs in rural Rajasthan, which in turn will create opportunities for indirect employment for additional 15,000 people in Rajasthan,” added Mr. Yadav.
The VLE will also assist and guide the villagers who would be looking for relevant information or consumer services like G2C Services, Banking, Education, Employment, Land Records and other relevant information with the help of data/internet accessibility. This will help in bridging the digital divide, increasing the overall productivity of the villages, and thus help in bringing affluence to the villages in Rajasthan.
About DEVTA – GAON SE GAON (Digitally Empowering Villages Towards Affluence – GAON SE GAON)
DEVTA – GAON SE GAON program launched and owned by RajiVihaan Group is a set of services which intends to bring the benefits of NOFN and Digital India campaign to the remotest of villages, and help them towards affluence.
The mainstay of the DEVTA-GAON SE GAON Program is the E-Commerce and Information portal www.gaonsegaon.com , duly supported by VLEs or Village Level Entrepreneurs, trained and skilled to assist consumers in E-Commerce, Information access for G2C services, and access to services like GRTP (Grass Root Telephony Provider), and GREP (Grass Root Energy Provider).
For more information, please visit www.gaonsegaon.com