Maha’s e- seva centres to sell Patanjali items
Mumbai, Jan. 22: The Maharashtra government’s e- seva centres, set up to provide services like Aadhaar, PAN and passport- related documents to citizens, will now list yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali products.
The move, announced via a government resolution ( GR) last week, has stirred a controversy, with the Opposition parties flaying the BJP- led government for “marketing” Patanjali products on its Aaple Sarkar Seva Kendra online citizen facilitation centres, or eseva centres.
The GR mentions Patanjali Ayurved products as one of the services offered by the e- seva centres.
Patanjali recently tied up with e- commerce players like Amazon and Flipkart for marketing its products.
This is the first time that a private company's products will be sold through the state government as Patanjali is the only private company whose services will be offered through the “Citizen Facilitation Centres”.
The e- seva centres, named as Aapale Sarkar by the BJP- led government in the state, provides services such as application for PAN, Aadhaar, income and domicile certificates, among others, issued by government authorities.
While listing several services, the GR, under the business to customer category, mentioned Patanjali products.