alleryStart learning →Gujarat became the first Indian state to provide internet connectivity to which level of local bodies?
AGram Panchayats
BMunicipal Corporations
CDistrict Collectorates
DTaluka Panchayats
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Gram Panchayats
1. The e-Governance section notes a national first for Gujarat.
2. Gujarat became the first state to give internet connectivity to gram panchayats, with 14006 connected.
3. Municipal Corporations and District Collectorates are not the bodies cited for this milestone.
4. Therefore the first-mover claim relates to Gram Panchayats.
_Source: Socio-Economic Review 2019-20, Gujarat State (Directorate of Economics & Statistics), p.38_
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