JALANDHAR
Punjab Local Bodies Minister Balkar Singh today said that the state government was constantly striving to provide government services to the people of the state at doorsteps besides resolving their problems by taking a path-breaking initiative namely 'Aap Ki Sarkar Aap ke Dwar'.
Speaking during a camp here at villages including Lallian Kalan, Sangal Sohal, and Barha Pind, the minister reviewed the services being provided to the applicants and the beneficiaries wherein applications were being approved on the spot by the concerned authorities.
He said that under this pro-people initiative of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab government, as many as 900 such camps were being held in the district. Applicants were getting on-the-spot benefits of about 44 different citizen services.
The Minister said that the government of Aam Aadmi Party is the first government, which has made an effort to provide government services to the people near their home adding that the government has also started helpline 1076 service, through which people can avail the services at their homes.
The Minister also asked the officials to ensure that the benefits of government services reach the deserving people so that no person is deprived of the benefits of citizen services.
Meanwhile, he interacted with the people who participated in the camps and got their valuable feedback and invited people to join hands with the state government by ensuring their maximum participation in these camps.
It is pertinent to mention here that people are getting benefits of citizen services at these camps including birth certificates, income certificates, scholarships, residence certificates, caste certificates, old age pensions, payment of bills, verification of revenue department records, marriage registration, copy of death certificate, attestation of documents, Rural Area Certificate, Fard Creation, Common Caste Certificate, Shagun Scheme, Land Marking, Countersignature of certificates, counter signature of police clearance certificate, change in death certificate besides others.