eGram centers are established in Village Panchayats. They are equipped with VSAT Broadband connected PCs (with Scanner, Printer, UPS, Web Cam, VoIP Phone) and provide the e-services to rural citizens. Village Computer Entrepreneur (VCE) works on on PPP Model and delivers services through eGram Centers. About 14,004 e GRAM centres have been established.
e Gram Broadband VSAT connectivity Network is known as PAWAN Network and is Asia’s Largest Public Domain VSAT Network. Following are key attributes of this network:
Category |
Availability for |
Bandwidth Available |
Total (in Mbps) |
Data |
2500 Concurrent User |
16 Kbps burstable upto 256 Kbps/site |
72 Mbps |
VoIP |
50(25 Duplex) |
Per Node 16 Kbps burstable upto 64 Kbps |
2 Mbps |
Video Conference |
18 Duplex Channel (36 Users) |
Per Node 512 Kbps |
19 Mbps |
Video Broadcast Channel |
1 Channel |
3 Mbps |
3 Mbps |
To support the entire ecosystem, Technical Support and Training Service Provider Team (TSTSP) are deployed at Taluka, District and State level with core job of hardware and software support and capacity building of Village Computer Entrepreneur for successful service roll out in rural areas.
The e Services provided are broadly divided in two category:
Offered G2C Services
B2C services
Last Modified : 5/3/2024