The Rural CHOICE Centres are authorised for assisting Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company ltd (CSPDCl) in collecting the payments for electricity bills, officials stated.
In year 2014, amount worth nearly `1.50 crore have been collected in these centers as electricity bill from consumers concerned. Not only this, as many as 152 rural choice centre in-charges have been authorized as banking agents, and they have opened accounts of nearly 1.36 lakh persons in various banks.
CHiPS opened 184 new rural CHOICE centers in year 2014, wherein the applicants were provided facility of aadhaar registration.
Nearly 1.50 lakh persons got their Aadhaar registration done in these centers. In year 2014, nearly 50,000 voter ID cards were issued from these centers.
Moreover, Information Technology Department in association with CHiPS have initiated a new scheme for students of Chhattisgarh named as ‘Vidyarthi Jeevan Chakra Prabandhan’.
Under this scheme, computerized records of students, right from their school education to college education to their job appointment, will be stored. A web-based software has been developed for this purpose, which will maintain online record of enrollment number, admit card, time table, examination admit card, results, mark sheets etc.