Chhattisgarh’s village panchayats will soon be provided high speed internet connectivity across the State.
The optical fibre network (OFC) is now being expanded to provide high speed of 20 Mbps connectivity at gram-panchayat levels, officials stated.
Interestingly, it may be mentioned here that Chhattisgarh bagged e-Panchayat National Award for linking almost all the panchayats with Information Technology network in the month of April this year.
“In Chhattisgarh, the entire process of gram panchayats has been digitised through internet and to maintain transparency in work even the vouchers related to expenditure are being uploaded on the website,” the officials stated.
The income-expenditure of the gram panchayats is being uploaded on website with help of Priya, a software in order to proper information about financial management of the panchayats to the people.
The officers of Panchayat and Rural Development Department said that Chhattisgarh is the first State to set up VSAT and install computers at Janpad Panchayat (Development Block) level to attach the services through internet.
All the 27 districts of the State are using 11 softwares including Priya under the e-Panchayat scheme. This includes administrative directory.
The area profiler software collects information about socio-economic status, infrastructure and staff profiles besides elected representatives of the gram panchayats, Janapad Panchayat, Zila Panchayat and urban bodies. The Action software is used to upload info about various approved schemes and constructions works. Social audit and meeting software is related to activities for social audit of panchayats and its meetings. The Chhattisgarh is also linked with the national panchayat portal, the officials claimed.