Theme:
Digital
Connectivity to the Last Mile
Abstract— Today, human is not a mere
social animal, advancement in technology made them techno-social. In the
context of indigenous and local communities (rural areas), the term
techno-social can be perceived in primitive fashion, by conceiving that mobile
phones have now become an inevitable part of our life. This thematic paper outlines
the role of Mobile Apps, ISRO’s IRNSS, Common Service Centers (CSCs), and
youths in GIS, thereby targeting to provide digital connectivity to the last mile.
It advocates for mobile based Participatory
GIS (m-PGIS) in mapping the locations of government offices and service
delivery centers by youths under the supervision of CSC. The civilian
use Standard Positioning Service (SPS) provided by the Indian Regional
Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) could be utilized for this objective.
Moreover, the India’s National Telecom Policy (2012) has targeted to take the
rural tele-density from 39% to 70% in next five years. It also sets a target
that every single Indian has a phone by 2020. In short, this paper has two manifolds.
First, it discourses the methodology, socio-economic, political and epistemological
relevance involved in strategy, stakeholders and technological components needed.
Secondly, it discusses AMMA Mobile App (Aadhaar authenticated Mobile Mapping App)
framework for mapping the locations of government offices by youths using
IRNSS. Thus, the hope is to
harness CSC facility and utilize the existing techno skills of youths on m-PGIS
towards digital transformation of India.
Keywords— e-Sevai Center, AMMA App, IRNSS-SPS, P-GIS, ICT Vs ICDT, Location-based Advertisement
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