Government recognises - Sahaj

NewsDIT felicitates Sahaj VLEs with NeGP AwardsMr. Ganesh Panda of Charbahal, Kalahandi, Mr. Thakurmeher of Bausuni, Baud and Jachindra Nath, Mr. BiswalKorua from Jagatsinghpur.First CSC of the Nilgiris at ErumaduDepartment of Information Technology felicitated 25 bestperforming VLEs with a monetary reward of Rs 10,000each during the 14th National e-Governance Conferenceat Aurangabad on February 10-11, 2011. Out of the best25 VLEs that DIT short listed, 8 were Sahaj VLEs. Thechoice of best performing VLEs had been on the basis ofobjective criterion such as the uptime performance (asper data from the Online Monitoring Tool or OMT). TheVLEs were shortlisted as per the uptime status of CSCs forthe period between August 1, 2010-January 19, 2011 (i.e.172 days).Sahaj Odisha team creates awareness in schoolsThe first Common Service Centre (CSC) of the Nilgiris, ane-district at Erumadu near Gudalur was inaugurated bythe Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudalur, Mr. S.Dhanasekaran. Among those present was the JointRegistrar of Cooperative Societies, the Nilgiris, Dayalan.Mr. Vinod Kuriakose representing the Srei Sahaj E-VillageLtd., said that under the national e-governance plan of theGovernment of India 14 CSCs have to be established inthe Nilgiris.Sahaj VLE organises a Sahaj Krishak Samadhan Seminarin Uttar PradeshOn the eve of Republic Day, Srei Sahaj's Odisha teamconducted an awareness programme called “SchoolChale Hum”in few schools in the state. Sahaj VLE Srikant Singh of Kashi Vidyapith block in Uttarentrepreneurs carried this activity in schools where they Pradesh arranged a Sahaj Krishak Samadhan Seminar atconducted essay and general knowledge competition for Suswahi village on 25th December 2010. In the seminarthe students. Top three winners of the competition were Srikant discussed about Sahaj's crop insurance, health andawarded a Sahaj certificate. VLEs who participated in the life insurance services that are available from the Commoninitiative were Mr. Laxmikant Meher of Dahaita Baragarh, (continued on page 11)Sahaj Setu • March 20115