The Manohar lal Khattar Government has decided to open ‘Antyodaya Bhawans’ in all districts of the state so as to provide the benefit of various schemes of departments to people under one roof.
At present, ‘Antyodaya Bhawans’ are operational at seven district headquarters in the state. As many as 78 Saral Kendras would be made fully operational by August 15 this year where 330 services of different departments would be available online.
A decision in this regard was taken in a meeting held under the Chief Minister Manohar lal here on Thursday. Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Kumar Bedi were also present in the meeting.
Manohar lal directed the Finance Department to release adequate funds for the setting up of these Bhawans.
The Chief Minister had recently inaugurated ‘Antyodaya Bhawans’ for seven districts namely Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Faridabad, Yamunanagar, Gurugram, Jind and Karnal through video-conferencing from Kurukshetra and keeping in view the overwhelming response of the people, it has been decided to open ‘Antyodaya Bhawans’ in remaining 15 districts also in the next three to four months.
Out of the 221 schemes of 22 departments available at these centres, 179 schemes have been made available on the online Antyodaya platform. Beneficiaries applying on this online platform would not only get regular SMS but would also be able to track the status of their file, said the Chief Minister.
During the meeting, it was informed that apart from the government schemes, efforts are being made to bring various schemes of Central Government on the Antyodaya platform.