00820pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245006700058260000900125300001100134362001200145520045800157650002700615773004400642180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRajan, M.A.S.  aInformation technology for the villages and the digital divide  c2003  ap.1-5.  aJan-Mar  aAlthough Information Technology has made its mark in rural areas but it has not aimed at the poor and underprivileged but targeted primarily those echelons of the rural area that are part of the market economy or are close to the interfaces of governance. With the Simputer, a low-cost computing gadget, with solar and other localised non-conventional energy-devices, it can be hoped that IT can indeed reach the masses in the rural areas. - Reproduced.  aInformation technology  aIndian Journal of Public Administration