Nearly 3,862 General Service Centres (GSCs) have been opened in Chhattisgarh operated as per Public Private Participation (PPP) model under 'Rural CHOICE Project'.
Through these centres, people of rural areas are now easily availing those services online, for which they earlier had to travel all the way to cities and visit various government offices, officials stated.
Principal Secretary of Information Technology and Electronics Department Aman Kumar Singh informed that applicants now have easy access to online facilities for electricity bill payment, mobile phone and DTH recharge services, as well as insurance and bank-related services, through these centres situated near their houses, which saves their time and money.
These centres also provide the facility to online receipt of various kinds of certificates and other documents related to Revenue and Education Department, he said.
Singh said that this is a unique joint initiative of Central Government and State Government under National Electronic Government Scheme to benefit people of rural areas with information and communication technology.
Implementation of this project has resulted in increased computer literacy in rural areas, and transparency in government-related works has also improved, he said.