In a major decision, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister announced that the funds granted by 14th Finance Commission for development and welfare of panchayats would not be utilised in the Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY) scheme.
Singh made the announcement in this regard when a delegation of the Panchayat Representatives called on him at his residence in Raipur on Sunday.
Chief Minister while interacting with the panchayat representatives affirmed them that for installing mobile towers in rural areas now the state fund would be utilized instead of the panchayat funds.
Notably, the Government has designed the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (CG-SKY) for providing a solution to improve the telecom connectivity in the state of Chhattisgarh by incentivizing the telecom operators to install Cell-Sites.
In order to create commercial viability for Telecom operators to invest in the network infrastructure the Government has planned to distribute up to 50 lakh smart phones.