Punjab Government has decided to set up 3037 e-gram Suvidha Centres in the villages across the state at a cost of Rs 90 crore. An official spokesman said in Chandigarh that aim of this scheme is to ensure citizen centric services to the people in the rural areas. These e-grams centres would ensure the delivery of basic people friendly services viz delivery of old-age pension, registration of pension for handicapped and widows and disabled persons with an easy access. <br/> He said that these centres had been launched so that the public can avail of the various welfare and income-generating schemes besides various citizen-oriented services without going through a cumbersome process. Presently, a large number of services were being delivered at the Panchayat level manually.<br/> The spokesman further said that the decision has also been taken to revamp Community Policing Resource Centres at the district level and set up 90 Suvidha Centres at the sub-division level as well as 300 police station outreach centres at the police station level. A sum of Rs 27 crore has been approved for this purpose. Punjab would be the first state in the country to implement community policing at such a large scale and in an institutionalised manner. These centres would provide counseling services to resolve disputes related to domestic violence, dowry-related and various other crimes related to women. <br/>