Eight members from various women self help groups (SHG) known as sakhi mandals of Bokaro district got smartphones by Jharkhand State livelihood Promotion Society (JSlPS) in a function on Sunday.
The state land Reforms and Revenue, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Amar Buari distributed the phone among the members were Shobha Devi, Uma Devi, Usha Kumari, Shakuntala Devi, Anjali Devi, Minua Devi, Pooja Kumari and Rekha Devi.
The distribution was being done under the Mukhya Mantri Sakhi Mandal Smartphone Yojana; about 73,000 smartphones would be distributed in the first phase across the state between 24 August to 17 September, official informed.
It is our ambitious project. There are nearly 4320 sakhi mandals are operating across the district and we have targeted to distribute 4500 smart phones among the members of SHG groups, said Rai M P Ray, DC Bokaro. “About 1100 members of SGH will get the smart phone in the current financial year while the remaining will have smartphones distributed soon,” he added
The mobile phones are meant to connect the panchayat voluntary workers with digital technology and also enable to establish a seamless connectivity with the relevant state government departments.