- Bharat Broadband Network Ltd., a Government of India undertaking, will provide the facility of broadband connectivity to all grassroots-level bodies
- Minister H.K. Patil of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) announced in Legislative Assembly that all village panchayats would be covered by broadband connectivity by March 15, 2015
- Village panchayats, administrative units can provide effective service to people through broadband services
- IT tools can be used also in their administration especially in service delivery and a separate department would be carved out of the RDPR to focus exclusively on rural water supply and sanitation
- Notification has been issued to ensure that the number of EOs who comes from other departments does not exceed 20 per cent of the total number of such posts in the State
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/broadband-connectivity-to-all-village-panchayats-by-march-2015/article6175921.ece
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