Thoubal District
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Community Information Centre:

    The establishment of Community Information Centre has been envisaged as a means to use the benefits of Information Technology (IT) to raise the Socio-economic conditions of the people of India particularly those in the remote areas of the North Eastern States including Sikkim. This proposal is planned as a initiative from the Government to Utilize IT as a cutting edge tool of development for the North Eastern States including Sikkim by establishing Community Information Centres in 487 blocks of these 8 States. Out of these, 30 Blocks have already been covered under a pilot project implemented during 2000-2001.These CICs will help the region avail the benefits of global connectivity through Internet and will also help the concerned State Governments to plan for IT Based citizen-centric applications making Government Services available through CICs. Under the project, computers, peripherals along with VSATs for satellite communication will be placed at designated locations in each block in all the North- Eastern States including Sikkim.

        For Thoubal district two CICs were allotted one each in Kakching and Thoubal CD Blocks. All the CICs will be made operational by 15th of August 2002. Citizens of Kakching and Thoubal will have the opportunity of accessing Internet as well as other IT services from these two centres.