Hi
we are engaged in a study on " Gender Evaluation of E -Gram Suraj
scheme of chhattisgarh , India" .The simputers are used in the
scheme. Recently we have carried out a survey in 64 gram
panchayatas.
Many of the Sarpanchas(Heads of the village self governance unit)
suggested that it would have been better if Computers would have
been
provided in place of Simputers. The reasons cited include 1. The
computers can be easily repaired at local level 2. Its easy to get
an expert of computer at village level 3. the bigger screen of
computer.

we are not technical persons hence we would like to know from group
the exact difference between A simputer and a computer and why
simputers are considered to be better than computers for rural
setting.


Dr. Anupama Saxena
Head, Department of Political Science
Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
www.ggu.ac.in