After the announcement by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the process to develop digital libraries at the gram panchayat level has gained pace in Uttar Pradesh. A budget for the creation of over 11000 digital libraries has been allocated in the first phase.
The Panchayati Raj Department has now sent letters to all district magistrates for the creation of these libraries.
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On March 3, the Chief Minister had instructed the establishment of 22,700 digital libraries at the gram panchayat level. Following his instructions, the department has sent letters to district magistrates to create 11,350 libraries in the first phase. A budget of Rs 4 lakh has been allocated for each digital library to be built in the panchayat building.
Of this, Rs 2 lakh will be spent on digital equipment such as computers, printers and internet facilities. The remaining Rs 2 lakh will be used to provide books and digital reading materials such as e-books. Director of Panchayati Raj, Rajesh Tyagi, cited by Jagran.com, stated that the maintenance of the digital library will be handled by the village head (gram pradhan) and secretary.
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For children, books, quiz-related videos, audio lectures and digital resources will be made available. The library will also provide internet facilities for online study and research for children. The director further mentioned that the panchayat buildings for the library's establishment have already been identified.
District Magistrates have been assigned the responsibility to construct these libraries. Letters are being sent to all district magistrates by the department. The work of building digital libraries in the first phase will be completed soon, after which the second phase will begin.
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