Bihar To Establish Vasudhas In Rural Areas

The Bihar State Government has initiated a plan to set up common service centres, called Vasudhas, to create entrepreneurs in the rural areas and provide Internet access to the villagers.

These CSCs, Vasudhas would be started in e-kiosks to be set up by the ‘SREI Sahaj e-Village’ project. The e-kiosks will function as the one-stop delivery point for e-governance services as well as e-learning centres, where the youth can access distant education modules and vocational skills other than normal Internet access.

In the first phase of the project, the state government will open 5,540 Vasudhas across the state. The state cabinet has also approved funds for development of the required software by the TATA Consultancy Services (TCS).

Vasudha would be owned and operated by selected village entrepreneurs and will be monitored by the regional control centres and the central control centre.