rural business models: SREI Sahaj E-Village Limited

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defining and implementing sustainable rural business models

Sahaj Value Proposition for Businesses:

• Extending the distribution network
• Enabling faster turn around time
• Bridging the communication gap
• Creating Social Impact
• Efficient Supply Chain Management
• Sahaj high bandwidth WAN
• Centralized Data Center Management

Importance of CSC in the Rural Economy

1. Thousands of entrepreneurs will be created all over rural India, who will become owners of the e-kiosks. They will prosper and bring prosperity to others in the village, which signifies employment opportunities for thousands of rural families.

2. The digital divide will be conquered and millions of people will make use of the Internet technology for their necessary requirements.

3. A number of government services will be available to rural India in a hassle-free manner.

4. Rural people will be able to buy hosts of products and services – government, business and social, at affordable prices. This would be one of the major developments in rural economy.

5. Since the Common Service Centres would be providing services like e-learning, millions of rural youth would be able to learn English, soft skills and become net-savvy. This will finally prepare them for the tough competition in the job market.

Srei-Sahaj has been the front runner in identifying different sustainable rural business models. Lot of corporates are coming forward with innovative service offerings to make them sustainable business models with the help of
Srei-Sahaj.