Donations to our Welfare Trust are exempted u/s 80 G of IT Act For Restricted Circulation Only Volume XXXXI No. 27 Dated: January 03, 2017 PROGRAMME Role of Physiotherapy in Current Scenario Chief Guest: Dr. Harshneet Kaur Chhabra Physiotherapist MPT (Orthopedics), BPT, MIAP Ex-Senior Consultant, IVY Hospital, Mohali Date: January 06, 2017 (Friday) Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Hotel President, Sector 26, Chandigarh Cashless Rural India In our regular meeting on December 30, 2016, the chief guest was Mr. Manish Agarwal, Regional Head (GM) Punjab, Himachal, Chandigarh and Haryana of CSC eGovernace Services India Limited Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Govt. of India). President Rtn. Amarjit Singh welcomed the chief guest and his senior manager Ms. Komal Singh. Manish Agarwal Mr. Manish Agarwal was introduced by President Nominee Rtn. Ashok K. Puri. Manish Agarwal did BSc. Statistics in 1997 from Science College (Jiwaji University) Gwalior. In 2000 he did MBA, Sales and Marketing from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. He has more than 15 years experience in organizations like HARTRON, Vodaphone Digilink Ltd., Reliance, Tata and Hindustan Lever Ltd. Mr. Manish Agarwal gave a very comprehensive analysis about Cashless India though an impressive audio visual presentation. He said, “Common Services Centers (CSC) are multiple-services-single- point model for providing facilities for multiple transactions at a single geographical location.” It is a platform to enable Government, private and social organizations to integrate social and commercial goals for benefit of the rural citizens. As on December 2016, number of CSCs set up in India is 2,56,493, and number of CSCs set up at Gram Panchayats is 1,57,980. Citizens are benefitted by CSCs as it delivers government services in urban/rural areas by establishing closer links between government and citizens. It gives information and services through structured system to manage issues of health, education etc. as there is increase in administrative efficiency to provide cost-effective access to government services. It provides essential government services such as PAN Card, Election ID, UID etc. There is greater exposure to other products and services offered through the centre, e.g. greater awareness of students about the courses offered through the centres. Infrastructure required for CSC is 100 to 150 sq. feet space, minimum one PC with UPS, a printer, digital/web camera, an inverter, OS / other application software, broadband connectivity and trained manpower. Rtn. Dev Jeet Singh presents a memento to Mr. Manish Agarwal. Looking on is President Amarjit Singh Manish also talked about National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) which provides digital literacy by making a person IT literate so that he / she can operate digital devices, like mobile phones, tablets, etc., send and receive emails and search Internet for information. This is a 20 hours course spread over 10 to 30 days for persons in the age group of 14 to 60 years. The eligible households can nominate one person from their family to get enrolled under this programme in a nearest Common Service Center (CSC). More information about this mission is available on their website www.ndlm.in. Manish also showed a video in which Prime Minister Modi shares his views on Cashless India. We have to build a modern and transparent India and change ourselves to successfully move ahead. The whole world is moving towards cashless society. We can pay and receive money electronically, and the transactions would be automatically accounted for. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna has been launched. Now almost all households have bank accounts, everybody has Adhaar numbers and every Indian has a mobile phone. By using JAM – Jan dhan, Adhaar and Mobile we can move towards becoming a cashless society.