BHUBANESWAR, July 17 -- Odisha has now been included in the Google India's 'Internet Saathi' programme for educating rural women how to use the internet.
Along with Odisha, Punjab is another new entrant in this programme, which has now
reached 2.6 lakh villages in 20 States. In Odisha, the 'Internet Saathi' drive will cover over 16,000 villages. As an initiative launched in 2015, this programme aims at educating women for use of the Internet.
The women, thus empowered, then impart training to other women in their communities and nearby villages.
By now, 70,000 trained Saathis are using the Internet to bring about a positive change in their communities and have already benefited over 2.6 crore fellow women.
Several women have started th...