In its bid to be eco-friendly, the state government has decided to follow a paperless policy in its Information Technology (IT) department from February 1. Once the project is successful, the government is thinking of gradually putting an end to the use of paper in all departments. Apart from paperless administration, the government is also mulling a law to introduce online services for essential documents across departments.
The state IT department, which went paperless on Tuesday, has decided to follow online procedures and not use papers or files for any work. The department, led by IT-savvy chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, is also thinking of using computerised digital signatures of the chief minister and the secretary to make the system foolproof. The department has also made arrangements to maintain archival records of old files in a back-up system, said Nitin Kareer, secretary, IT.
At present, five districts have been facilitated with the e-district drive, which will be implemented in all 35 districts over the next financial year. “In the five districts — Nagpur, Latur, Nanded, Pune and Sindhudurg — 10 services, including birth and death, domicile, nationality and age proof certificates, are being provided over the internet. We will cover all districts in next one year,” Kareer said.
He said that his department was planning to introduce legislation in the forthcoming budget session to make it compulsory for all departments to offer key services online. “The respective departments will decide what services they wish to offer over the internet. This would help us make governance people-friendly,” he said.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has also directed that the biometric system be introduced in all government establishments with more than 25 employees. Kareer said that not only government offices but also schools and ashramshalas run by zilla parishads and departments like tribal development and social justice will be brought under the gamut of biometric attendance.
All these schemes and initiatives are part of the e-governance policy, which will be released soon. The government is also planning to showcase its preparedness in the National Conference on e-Governance being held in Aurangabad on February 10 and 11.
The state IT department, which went paperless on Tuesday, has decided to follow online procedures and not use papers or files for any work. The department, led by IT-savvy chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, is also thinking of using computerised digital signatures of the chief minister and the secretary to make the system foolproof. The department has also made arrangements to maintain archival records of old files in a back-up system, said Nitin Kareer, secretary, IT.
At present, five districts have been facilitated with the e-district drive, which will be implemented in all 35 districts over the next financial year. “In the five districts — Nagpur, Latur, Nanded, Pune and Sindhudurg — 10 services, including birth and death, domicile, nationality and age proof certificates, are being provided over the internet. We will cover all districts in next one year,” Kareer said.
He said that his department was planning to introduce legislation in the forthcoming budget session to make it compulsory for all departments to offer key services online. “The respective departments will decide what services they wish to offer over the internet. This would help us make governance people-friendly,” he said.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has also directed that the biometric system be introduced in all government establishments with more than 25 employees. Kareer said that not only government offices but also schools and ashramshalas run by zilla parishads and departments like tribal development and social justice will be brought under the gamut of biometric attendance.
All these schemes and initiatives are part of the e-governance policy, which will be released soon. The government is also planning to showcase its preparedness in the National Conference on e-Governance being held in Aurangabad on February 10 and 11.
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