The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to create ‘Digital Chhattisgarh’ on the lines of ‘Digital India Programme’ launched by the Central Government.Under ‘Digital Chhattisgarh’, the State Government is opening ‘lok Seva Kendras’ (Public Service Centres) at District and Tehsil levels for making services easily accessible to residents of the State.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Tuesday chaired a meeting to create inter-departmental coordination for ‘e-District’ scheme at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur which has been directed to soon complete the preparations for setting up of ‘lok Seva Kendras’. “Agents would be appointed in these centres and prior to appointment of the agents, they would have to complete training,” he said.
Dhand directed to organise a meeting of Commissioners and District Collectors through video conferencing for reviewing the preparations going on at the District and Tehsil level. Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Aman Kumar Singh informed that under the ‘Digital Chhattisgarh’ programme, 149 ‘lok Seva Kendras’ are being opened across 27 districts of the State. Presently, services of 11 departments would be available in these centers, he said.
The Chief Secretary told officers to swiftly appoint nodal officers for the scheme. The services that would be available in these centers include birth-death certificate/registration, caste certificates, income certificate, application for old age pension scheme, social security pension scheme, application for ration card, property tax payment, shop license, application for tap connection, NOC for construction work and similar others. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) CHiPS Sourabh Kumar also detailed about steps taken for setting up of these centers.