As many as 36 more BangaloreOne centres will soon come up in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits and the existing centres will get additional card swipe machines to tide over the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
Launched in April 2005, the city has 100 BangaloreOne Centres providing a host of services including payment of civic utility bills, property tax and ticket booking among others.The e-governance department has been asked to set up at least one BangaloreOne centre in each of the 198 wards in the BBMP.
In its first major expansion move, as many as 18 new BangaloreOne centres are ready for inauguration and 18 more are getting readied, official sources in the department said.
As the e-governance portfolio is held by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a date is being awaited from the his office for the inauguration of the new centres.
The department is in touch with various civic utility providers such as Bescom, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board among others for renting spaces on their premises for running the additional 18 centres - set to come up in the second phase of expansion.
The sources said most of the new centres will be established in the outer regions of BBMP, newly added city municipalcouncil areas and villages.
The expansion programme has been taken up following good response from consumers in availing of citizen services at the centres. The number of services, both Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C)that can be availed of at the centres has now crossed 100. The average number of transactions at the centres is 24 lakh per month.
More card swipe machines
The sources said directions have been issued to officials to equip each of the BangaloreOne centre with at least three card swipe machines (point of sale machines) to overcome the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
At present, most of centres have only one swipe machine. The move will encourage citizens to make payments using credit/debit card and will be in tune with the Centre's thrust on a cashless economy, the sources said. The centres are run on a public-private-partnership model.
![]( "The number of services that can be obtained at BangaloreOne centres has now crossed 100. The average number of transactions at the centres is 24 lakh per month. DH file photo")
As many as 36 more BangaloreOne centres will soon come up in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits and the existing centres will get additional card swipe machines to tide over the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
Launched in April 2005, the city has 100 BangaloreOne Centres providing a host of services including payment of civic utility bills, property tax and ticket booking among others. The e-governance department has been asked to set up at least one BangaloreOne centre in each of the 198 wards in the BBMP.
In its first major expansion move, as many as 18 new BangaloreOne centres are ready for inauguration and 18 more are getting readied, official sources in the department said.
As the e-governance portfolio is held by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a date is being awaited from the his office for the inauguration of the new centres.
The department is in touch with various civic utility providers such as Bescom, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board among others for renting spaces on their premises for running the additional 18 centres - set to come up in the second phase of expansion.
The sources said most of the new centres will be established in the outer regions of BBMP, newly added city municipal council areas and villages.
The expansion programme has been taken up following good response from consumers in availing of citizen services at the centres. The number of services, both Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) that can be availed of at the centres has now crossed 100. The average number of transactions at the centres is 24 lakh per month.
More card swipe machines
The sources said directions have been issued to officials to equip each of the BangaloreOne centre with at least three card swipe machines (point of sale machines) to overcome the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
At present, most of centres have only one swipe machine. The move will encourage citizens to make payments using credit/debit card and will be in tune with the Centre’s thrust on a cashless economy, the sources said. The centres are run on a public-private-partnership model.
Launched in April 2005, the city has 100 BangaloreOne Centres providing a host of services including payment of civic utility bills, property tax and ticket booking among others.The e-governance department has been asked to set up at least one BangaloreOne centre in each of the 198 wards in the BBMP.
In its first major expansion move, as many as 18 new BangaloreOne centres are ready for inauguration and 18 more are getting readied, official sources in the department said.
As the e-governance portfolio is held by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a date is being awaited from the his office for the inauguration of the new centres.
The department is in touch with various civic utility providers such as Bescom, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board among others for renting spaces on their premises for running the additional 18 centres - set to come up in the second phase of expansion.
The sources said most of the new centres will be established in the outer regions of BBMP, newly added city municipalcouncil areas and villages.
The expansion programme has been taken up following good response from consumers in availing of citizen services at the centres. The number of services, both Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C)that can be availed of at the centres has now crossed 100. The average number of transactions at the centres is 24 lakh per month.
More card swipe machines
The sources said directions have been issued to officials to equip each of the BangaloreOne centre with at least three card swipe machines (point of sale machines) to overcome the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
At present, most of centres have only one swipe machine. The move will encourage citizens to make payments using credit/debit card and will be in tune with the Centre's thrust on a cashless economy, the sources said. The centres are run on a public-private-partnership model.
As many as 36 more BangaloreOne centres will soon come up in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits and the existing centres will get additional card swipe machines to tide over the cash crunch due to demonetisation.Launched in April 2005, the city has 100 BangaloreOne Centres providing a host of services including payment of civic utility bills, property tax and ticket booking among others. The e-governance department has been asked to set up at least one BangaloreOne centre in each of the 198 wards in the BBMP.
In its first major expansion move, as many as 18 new BangaloreOne centres are ready for inauguration and 18 more are getting readied, official sources in the department said.
As the e-governance portfolio is held by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a date is being awaited from the his office for the inauguration of the new centres.
The department is in touch with various civic utility providers such as Bescom, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board among others for renting spaces on their premises for running the additional 18 centres - set to come up in the second phase of expansion.
The sources said most of the new centres will be established in the outer regions of BBMP, newly added city municipal council areas and villages.
The expansion programme has been taken up following good response from consumers in availing of citizen services at the centres. The number of services, both Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) that can be availed of at the centres has now crossed 100. The average number of transactions at the centres is 24 lakh per month.
More card swipe machines
The sources said directions have been issued to officials to equip each of the BangaloreOne centre with at least three card swipe machines (point of sale machines) to overcome the cash crunch due to demonetisation.
At present, most of centres have only one swipe machine. The move will encourage citizens to make payments using credit/debit card and will be in tune with the Centre’s thrust on a cashless economy, the sources said. The centres are run on a public-private-partnership model.