GramaOne brings Karnataka govt services under a roof in rural areas

Empowering rural areas with easier access to government services, the state government on Thursday launched GramaOne citizen service centres.

Similar to Karnataka One and Bangalore One, the GramaOne centres will be a one-stop shop for all citizen services at the village level. While the government launched these centres on a pilot basis across 100 villages in Davanagere district, it plans to eventually expand them to every village in the state.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who launched the pilot project, said the centres will ensure that citizens don’t have to visit government offices. Nor will they fall prey to middlemen.

According to officials at the Centre for e-Governance, each GramaOne centre will act as a service delivery centre for Seva Sindhu and Sakala services. Citizens will also be able to submit RTI applications at the centres.