Haveri will soon get 274 Grama Once centres

Haveri: The state government is preparing to set up 274 ‘Grama One’ centres to provide over 750 services under a single roof at the village level itself. Currently, villagers have to approach government offices at the district, taluk and hobali levels to avail various government services. These centres may be inaugurated after January 26.
According to sources, all 223 gram panchayats will get ‘Grama One’ centre each while grade-1 gram panchayats will have two and grade-2 GPs will have three centres.A taskforces have been formed in association with the directorate of electronic delivery of citizen services, DPAR (e-governance) to set up these centres. The district-level task force is already formed and headed by the deputy commissioner and at the taluk level, it will be led by the tahsildar.
“We are preparing to set up 274 ‘Grama One’ centres. Building for 200 centres have been painted and kept ready. Installing furniture, boards and fee lists has been completed in more than 80 centres. All centres will be ready before January 20 and will begin functioning on a full-fledged basis once the government and the district administration give permission,” said Arun Kalappanavar, district project manager.
Deputy commissioner Sanjay Shettennavar said the Grama One centres will help the public to get 750 services at their village. “After receiving applications from the public, operators will forward e-applications to the department concerned for further processing. The applicant gets messages during every stage of the process of his application on his registered mobile. Once the work is done, the applicants can collect the certificates or related documents at the Grama One centre,” he added.
“The centres will be open from 8am to 8pm during working days. We will display the list of 750 services and the charges in every centre. People can call the helpline 080-44554455 if the face any issues,” said Shettennavar.
CM may open scheme
The date of inauguration of the ‘Grama One’ centres is yet to be fixed and chief minister Basavaraj Bommai may inaugurate this scheme from Haveri, said Sanjay Shettennavar, Haveri DC.