As part of the E-Gram Yojana, the Gujarat government distributed computers to the Panchayats for students, farmers and businesses to access pertinent information. But the scheme has fallen flat in Kasipura village, where the computers lie gathering dust and the Panchayat members are clueless about the scheme.
Community Correspondent Neeru Rathod reports from the Kasipura.
This video is a part of a series made in collaboration with Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore documenting access to Internet across India.
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