India, Sept. 12 -- Citizens in rural areas of Pune district will now be able to access government services more easily as 'Aaple Sarkar Seva Kendras are operational in every gram panchayat. In total, 1,062 service centres are now functioning across the district, offering a wide range of notified services from various state government departments. The initiative stems from a Government Resolution (GR) issued by the Rural Development Department on January 28, officially recognising the gram panchayat-level service centres.

In the 1,087 gram panchayats in Pune district, user IDs and passwords were required to activate the centres. The process was coordinated by the Zilla Parishad through MahaIT and 1,014 gram panchayats received their IDs a...