To promote the Digital services in the district A Digi week Mela organized by District Administration Udhampur

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UDHAMPUR JULY 25 :–District Development Council Vice Chairperson Juhi Manhas Pathania was the chief guest, who formally inaugurated the Digi-Mela.

At the outset, ACR Rafiq Ahmed Jaral briefed about the various digital services being offered in the District by Revenue and other departments. He also spoke about various digital services launched by the Government of India and UT Administration for the welfare of the general public. He requested the citizens to come forward and avail the maximum benefits of these digital services.

Addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest expressed happiness over the government’s initiative of organising the digital mela and to bring services at the doorstep of masses through online mode.

“Digital India” campaign has been launched by the government of India to uplift the usage of technology and its interface for the public welfare and bring transparency in official functioning” she maintained.

She said the objective was to make Government services easily available to all the citizens through IT enabled interface and augmenting its infrastructure all over the country.

The Vice chairperson urged administration to work on improving internet connectivity and extend the connectivity to the remotest areas of the district. She hailed different online initiatives and made special mention of educational e-resources like e-Pathshala audio lessons , digital textbooks, periodicals and numerous print and non-print materials through the website as well as through mobile app.

Juhi Pathania appealed to people to participate in this digital week and avail maximum benefit of the e-services being provided by different departments.

Later, the DDC Vice Chairperson along with ADC Mohammad Syed Khan took a round and inspected the stalls set up by different departments for disseminating information about various welfare and other schemes of the GOI. She interacted with the officers and reviewed the progress of these schemes on ground.

Later, the Chief Guest distributed land pass books among the land holders.