Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Rupani has decided to start Digital Seva Setu Program in rural areas of the state to ensure optimum utilisation of technology for public welfare.
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Commencement of providing various
government services through digital Seva Setu in 2792 gram panchayats
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Another 8,000 villages will be
connected By December, 2020
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Gujarat has started Digital Seva Setu
to transform the Prime Minister's vision of building a new India through
Digital India into reality.
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The use of technology will change the
work culture of the administration
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Rural people will be relieved from
going to offices.
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Gujarat has completed 85% of the work
in Bharat Net Phase-II through optical fiber network up to rural level and has
taken the lead in the country.
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Elimination of intermediaries will
make it easier for people to get faster services at the village level through
corruption free governance
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In the coming days, by combining
various services of health-education-agriculture, we will provide more advanced
services to the villages.
Under this, citizens will be
able to reap benefits of various public welfare services of rural areas at the
Panchayat level itself. Citizens can get various documents like duplicate
ration card, income certificate, senior citizen certificate, caste certificate
etc. at their doorstep.
The Phase-1 of Digital Seva
Setu will start from 8th October, 2020 in 2000 Village Panchayats and provide 20 types
of pro-people services. Another 8 thousand Village Panchayats will be covered
by December 2020. Citizens will be able to reap benefits of this program by
paying a nominal fee of Rs.20.
The Seva Setu program was
started by the Chief Minister in 2016. A cluster of 8-10 villages was made and
a team of officers administered the Seva Setu camp of a particular cluster.
People were provided on-spot solutions under this. More than 12,800 programs
were successfully completed and more than 2 crore people reaped benefits of the
Chief Minister’s initiative to provide Governance at the Doorstep of common
people.
The Digital Seva Setu is also
a step towards fulfilling the vision and mission of Digital India of Prime
Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.
The Digital Seva Setu has
been initiated under the BharatNet Project- an initiative to connect the
Village Panchayats through fibre network.
Gujarat has been a leader in
Phase-2 of the BharatNet project.
Villages of Gujarat will be
connected with a 100 MBPS optical fibre network under the Digital Seva Setu.
The aim is to make every village a Mini Sachivalay.
Under the provision of
Article-3 of Oaths Act-1969, the government will provide powers of affidavit to
the Talati cum Minister at the Village Panchayat level so that people in rural
areas do not have to visit the notary offices in towns and cities.
The Chief Minister has also
decided to use E-sign rather than physical signatures. Under this, the
concerned person can avail the necessary documents at the click of a button in
his/her mobile phone and the documents will be made available in DigiLocker.
An integrated and dedicated
platform will be made in the future to encompass all the villages of Gujarat
under Digital Seva Setu.
This digital initiative will
reduce human interface and propel a paperless working system under Chief
Minister’s mantra of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.’ It will also
pave way for transforming more than 18,000 villages of Gujarat into Modern and
Global villages.
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