Punjab has become first state to put data of all its 13,040 villages on its official website, Maluka claimed.
Functioning of Gram Panchayats in Punjab has been strengthened through computerization under e-panchayats scheme, he said here.
It will provide details of famous personalities, popular and historical places of a particular village, latest data of Gram Panchayats and mapped villages, distance of village from main cities and main roads, schools, colleges, hospitals, community centres and centre and state sponsored schemes going on in villages, he said.