The Museum of Digital Society: A Living Archive of Digital Inclusion
Bhagyalata runs a SoochnaPreneuer centre (digital service centre) in Chinna Kondur. With one laptop, one printer and one biometric machine she serves the community by providing digital skills that would have been inaccessible to them. Most of the people in the village and some people from neighbouring villages as well visit the centre to apply for government schemes and entitlements. Bhagyalata said “on an average I get 40 to 50 people every single day. If the government launches a new scheme then there is a long line at the centre for the next few days. Hundreds of people come to apply and they come here because this is the only centre in a radius of five kilometres. If this centre was not there they would have to travel to Chouttupal town to get this work done.” There isn’t even an ATM close by so Bhagyalata has taken a license from the bank that allows her to become a mobile ATM. People can withdraw and deposit money at her centre. She makes transactions worth 800,000 rupees on an average per month. By providing these services Bhagyalata is helping people gain access to information, financial services and governance services and along with this she is also able to earn money every month. The fee she charges for these services is minimal but because of the high footfall she is still able to earn 12,000 rupees every month. Being a SoochnaPreneur (Information Entrepreneur) has helped her support her family financially.
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