mobile towers
07.02.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Govt not to use panchayat fund for sky  In a major decision, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister announced that the funds granted by 14th Finance Commission for development and welfare of panchayats would not be utilised in the Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY) scheme. Chief Minister while interacting with the panchayat representatives affirmed them that for installing mobile towers in rural areas now the state fund would be utilized instead of the panchayat funds. Notably, the Government has designed the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (CG-SKY) for providing a solution to improve the telecom connectivity in the state of Chhattisgarh by incentivizing ... Read more
15.12.17 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH 55l free mobile phone distribution from next month: raman  Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday announced that the distribution of 55 lakh free mobile phone handsets under the State Government’s ‘Sky’ scheme will commence next month. The Chief Minister said that the basic aim of distributing free mobile handsets is to provide a boost to digital transactions. On the occasion, the Chief Minister distributed bonus to 97,000 Tendupatta pluckers amounting to Rs 24.58 crore online. The Chief Minister said that mobile towers would be erected in villages to provide better telecommunications connectivity. The insurgency ... Read more