BJP MP moots digital connectivity
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 29 2015:
The Government of India has been investing all efforts to provide digital connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats of the country by 2019, said Lok Sabha MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Speaking to media persons at BJP Manipur Pradesh office at Nityaipat Chuthek here today, the veteran MP elected from Uttarakhand said that there are over two lakh Gram Panchayats in the country.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of Digital India mission, maximum efforts are being invested to provide digital connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats, he continued.
The Prime Minister's initiative is aimed at taking India to a higher trajectory of development so that it can find its due place among the league of developed nations.
As a part of the initiative.
e-governance has been already introduced and the Prime Minister is determined to open online facilities for all official activities/processes.
It was during the time of ex-Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that PMGSY was launched in the country with the primary objective of improving rural connectivity.
The Prime Minister has also set a target of facilitating all bank transactions through internet, Bhagat Singh Koshyari stated.
He said that he was in the State to launch the National Digital Literacy Mission in Manipur and monitor other activities related with the Digital India mission.