Digital Center

Union Parishad is the oldest local government organization in the country. It is the grassroots level people's closest government. The Union Digital Center, the information-technology-based center established by Union Parishad, has given new dimensions to the Council. On November 11, 2010, the Honorable Prime Minister inaugurated the Union Digital Center (UDC) at the Union Union Center (UDC) in all the union parishads across the country through video conferences from the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Miss Helen Clark, Char Kurkrimukhi union of Bhola district. . UDC's main goal is to make the Union Council a strong organization, so that these institutions can play a vital role in establishing a knowledge-based country by 2021. In addition, these centers can play a promising role in bringing public and private information and services closer to the public, removing technology differences and connecting all citizens with the modern system of information flow.

UDC's journey started in front of the slogan 'Service at Doorssteps'. With the establishment of UDC, it has been possible to create a free flow of information in every state of the society and the state system, where people do not have to go door to door for service, but the service is reaching the doorstep of the people. Free flow of information is one of the prerequisites for empowering the public.

With the setting up of Union Digital Center, ordinary citizens are getting easy, low cost and hassle-free 60 public and private services from UDC. Since its inception, around 11.5 million services have been provided so far, and UISC entrepreneurs earn five and a half million taka by providing services.

UDC's significant public services are: Landfill, life insurance, rural electricity bill payment, government forms, results of public examinations, online university admission, online birth-death registration, VGF-VGD list, citizen charter, citizen application, agricultural information, Health advice etc. Private services are: Mobile Banking, Computer Training, Photography, Internet Browsing, Email, Job Information, Compose, British Council English Education, Visa Application and Tracking, Conferencing in Video, Printing, Scanning, Photocopy, Leminating etc.

Some important services are as follows:

    Providing computer training is one of the most important services of UISC. This initiative is very important to build a technology based society. At present, 3,773 EDCs are providing low cost computer training using multimedia projectors. From November 2010 to March 2014, about 52 thousand students and youths got computer training from UDC.
    In order to reach the people of the village, State Insurance Company, Jiban Bima Corporation, started life insurance services in 2,768 UDCs in the country. So far 36 thousand people have taken the service.
    In order to facilitate banking services to the deprived grassroots people, mobile banking is going on in the country of 436 banks (Dutch Bangla, Trust, One Bank and Bikash) of 23363 UISCs. So far 60 thousand people have taken the service.
    To provide services to the doorsteps of the people, the Rural Electrification Board (RBB) has arranged bill for rural electricity through 727 UDC so far.
    Telemedicine has been started from 30 Union Digital Centers with the help of Health Department to provide health facilities to the doorstep of the deprived people of the rural population. Besides, more than 500 UDC health camps are available.

A poor farmer is empowered to get the right information at the right time from UDC; It has increased its agricultural production and earnings. A common citizen can apply for duplication of land without going to the upazila or district office, which is saving his time, labor and money. A village student can apply for university admission through SMS in his own village. An immigrant worker can learn English using digital media. A simple person can also take medical services through video conferences even in remote areas. People affected due to climate change can only know local disaster predictions within a few seconds. Thus, UDC has turned the Union Parishad into 'Effective and Public Institution' by providing various government information to the rural people.

And the Union Digital Center has been working as a facilitator of the facility of the Udcak. Two entrepreneurs work in each center; A boy and a girl As a women entrepreneur, women have access to easy accessibility. Entrepreneurs are an investor, not employers, and entrepreneurs earn their livelihood from the income earned by providing services to the public. In other words, there are 9,094 self-employment opportunities for young ICT entrepreneurs in 4,547 centers. Since information and service centers are managed in the public-private partnership model, they have also invested in the entrepreneurs as well as the government. In the meantime, some entrepreneurs are doing very well by exceeding the adverse conditions, and earning more than Tk 50,000 per month by providing various public and private e-services to citizens. Arif, the entrepreneur of Arabpur UDC of Jessore, Nadira, the entrepreneur of Ponabalia UDC of Jhalakathi, Nippur Yudisis of Naogaon