Punjab Newsline Network
Friday, 04 June 2010
CHANDIGARH: To ensure citizen centric services to the people in the rural areas, the Punjab Government has decided to setup 3037 e-gram Suvidha centres in the villages across the state at a cost of Rs. 90 crore.
Following the announcement made by the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, an Empowered Committee under the Chief Secretary comprising Administrative Secretaries of various Departments has given in principle approval to implement the scheme with in a stipulated time frame with in a year.
These e-grams centres would ensure the delivery of basic people friendly services viz delivery of old-age pension, registration of pension for handicapped and widows and disabled persons with an easy access.
The decision had also been taken to revamp Community Policing Resource Centres (CPRCs) at the district level and set up 90 Suvidha centres at the sub-division level as well as 300 police station outreach centres at the police station level. A sum of Rs. 27 crore was approved for this purpose.
Punjab would be the first state in India to implement community policing at such a large scale and in an institutionalised manner.
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These centres would provide counselling services to resolve disputes related to domestic violence, dowry-related and various other crimes related to women.
These centres shall also provide services which shall include copies of FIRs and untraced reports, no objection certificates for armed licences, permission for religious and political processions, verification of tenants, registration of servants etc. These centres would run in partnership with the representatives of the community.
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