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Naidu calls for cooperation among Asian govts

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BANGALORE: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has called upon

Asian countries to work in tandem to promote technology among the masses.

Delivering an address at the Asia Society’s 12th Annual Corporate

Conference in Bangalore, Naidu stressed the need to have better co-ordination

among the Asian countries for setting up joint technology hubs. Wherever, there

is competition, we will compete. But wherever we are strong, we must work

together in order to excel in the IT field, he said.

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Calling upon the government to play the role of a facilitator in providing

its citizen access to technology, the cyber-savvy Chief Minister also listed the

steps undertaken by his government including the building of technology hubs in

his state. Reflecting on the state of computer literacy, Naidu said that all

schools and colleges in Andhra Pradesh would be connected via satellite. This

apart, steps will also be initiated to develop regional hubs in several cities.

According to Naidu, the government had gone full steam in computerizing all

its records. At present, the Andhra government was in possession of nearly 76.7

million computerized citizen databases and data of nearly 16.8 million

households. The process of computerization of available land records was also in

progress, he said.

On the power front, he said that the State had surplus power with it and

hence had not suffered any major power cuts in the entire year. "During the

next two years, 3000MW of power would be added to the grid," he added. This

apart, the State Government, in coordination with a private firm, will develop a

portal that will offer one-stop access to all government records and services.

By the year-end, the State plans to offer at least 25 such personalized services

to the public.

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