Internet connectivity to all gram panchayats by April next year

BHUBANESWAR: SETTING a April 2021 deadline to provide high-speed internet connectivity to all gram panchayats (GPs) in phases, the State Government on Tuesday decided to formulate a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for productive utilisation of digital infrastructure.

The decision was taken at the State-level Implementation Committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy over digital mode here on Tuesday.Tripathy asked Panchayati Raj department to work out a viable business plan with self sustaining models for the SPV involving departments like Energy, Electronics and Information Technology (E& IT) for productive utilisation of the digital infrastructure created in the State.