Rajan, M.A.S. creator text xu| 2003 continuing ng p.1-5. Although 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. Information technology Indian Journal of Public Administration 180718