India: UP govt to set up rural secretariats in gram panchayats

Lucknow, Jul 21 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday said rural secretariats will be set at all gram panchayats in the state and a computer operator will also be posted there.

A decision in this regard was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to a statement issued here.

The process will be completed in six months.

UP minister Siddharth Nath Singh told reporters that in the gram panchayats, as many as 58,189 panchayat assistants/accountant-cum-data entry operators will be posted.

He claimed that the offices are being established for the first time in the state.

The Cabinet also approved a proposal to include 40 lakh Antyodaya card holder families in the Mukhaymantri Jan Aarogya Yojana.