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Technology has shown its capability in different segments of development in rural and urban areas. Urban areas are more inclined to adopt and accept Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) due to advantages of better financial and digital literacy as compared to rural areas. Urban landscapes are congenial to the success of ICTs. Most of the villages in India are agrarian based and rural economy is based on agriculture. The rural populace needs to be sensitized on the role of ICT being an enabler and gains they can make by effective utilization of the same. The driving motivation behind the idea of “Smart Village” is that technology should act as an accelerator for growth and sustainable development. It should enable education, improve local business opportunities and promote health. The “Smart Village” theory aims to realize its objective through providing decision makers with perceptive analyses of the challenges of smart village development. This paper will explore how ICTs improves quality of life in the form of Smart Village for rural citizens and a possible framework for implementation. It will also explore a few challenges and solutions. It also campaigns for use of mobile technologies to bring e-Governance services closer to rural citizens.
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Katara, S.K. (2016). Envisioning Smart Villages Through Information and Communication Technologies – A Framework for Implementation in India. In: Chugunov, A., Bolgov, R., Kabanov, Y., Kampis, G., Wimmer, M. (eds) Digital Transformation and Global Society. DTGS 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 674. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49700-6_46
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