Punjab will become e-panchayat state till the end of this year by putting all the data of panchayts on website. Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra disclosing this said that all Zila parishds and Blocjk samities websites are completed and work of panchayat website is going on. Minister said that our target is to put data of all 12776 panchayats of state on website. He said that websites of Panchayats, Zila Parishids and Block Samities are inter connected with each other so that they could be updated from one place. The Minister said that Punjab has become country’s first state to launch department’s website in regional language (Punjabi). He added that no other state is able to develop its website in any one of the 17 regional languages. Rakhra told that 20 Zila parishds and 135 Blocj samities websites are completed and website of some panchayats is also started working. The Minister said that village panchayats associated with famous personalities, popular and historical importance are given special preference for web development. He said that 186 officals and 367 Data entry operators working on e-panchayat project to complete this project till the end of this year. The Minister said that panchayat department is putting all data of panchayats such as contact number, educational qualification and other personal information on its official website. Website also includes information about distance of village from main cities and main roads, overall information about village, schools, colleges, hospitals, community centres, central and state sponsored schemes going on in villages. He added that besides this all official day to day administrative decisions, orders and transfer will also be available on department’s website.