In another step towards realisation of the 5T principles in governance transformation, the State Government has set a target to provide high-speed internet connectivity to all gram panchayats in phases by April 2021.
This was decided in a State Level Implementation Committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Tuesday, wherein Secretary Electronics and Telecommunication (E& IT) Manoj Kumar Mishra outlined the administrative, technical and financial issues for discussion.
The Chief Secretary directed to expedite implementation of Phase-II Bhrat Net programme and provide connectivity to all GPs by April 2021. He also directed to give Wi-Fi connectivity at main activity points of the GPs.
All Government offices and schools, medicals and banks can also access the connectivity.Tripathy too directed to ensure high bandwidth and quality connectivity in all GPs. It was decided that each GP would have five connection points for utilization by development institutions and Government offices. The telemedicine centres, schools and agriculture kiosks would be connected for facilitating healthcare, e-learning and profitable agri-commerce.
The Chief Secretary asked the Panchayati Raj Department to operationalise the internet points at the GPs as and when the connections are available. IT Secretary Mishra said, “This infrastructure will bring all the GPs within the scope of SWAN network.”