<p style=”margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b>Source – The Hindu</b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b>GS Paper – 2 and 3</b></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style=”text-align:justify; margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b>Context</b> – <span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:white”><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>O</span></span></span><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>Gujarat Government has announced Digital Seva Setu Programme for the rural areas</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b>Highlights</b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”text-align:justify; margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:white”><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>LO</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>Under this programme, the citizens will be able to get benefit from various public welfare services at the Panchayat level.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>Initiated under the Bharat Net Project- an initiative to connect the Village Panchayats through fibre network.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>The villages of Gujarat will be connected with a 100 MBPS optical fibre network under the Digital Seva Setu programme.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>The Phase-1will cover 2,000 Village Panchayats.About 20 types of pro-people services will be provided at the village panchayat level.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”> Citizens in rural areas will be able to get the benefits of this programme by paying a nominal fee of Rs. 20. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>The citizens can get various documents like duplicate ration card, income certificate, senior citizen certificate, caste certificate at their doorstep under this programme.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"”><span style=”color:#222222″><span style=”letter-spacing:.4pt”>The government will also provide powers of affidavit to the Talati Mantri at the Village Panchayat level so that people in rural areas do not have to visit the notary offices in towns and cities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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