CS reviews progress of IT initiatives in JK
SRINAGAR, OCT 4: In order to review the status of implementation of various on-going initiatives of the IT Department, Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a detailed meeting of the IT Department at Civil Secretariat here.
The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, IT Department, Prerna Puri; CEO, JKeGA; State Informatics Officer, NIC besides other senior officers of IT Department.
While charing the meeting, Chief Secretary reiterated the importance of e-services in transforming the life of a common citizen and said that e-servives are a very potent tool in realizing the J&K administration’s aim of “Bhrashtachar Mukt J&K”.
Maintaining that that e-services have brought about efficiency and transparency in the functioning of all the departments, he said that e-initiatives are being appreciated by public at large for their inherent hassle-free, transparent nature.
CS reemphasized the need to achieve the target of 1500 e-services so as to almost eliminate the need of a common citizen to knock on the door of any office for availing any government benefit.
During the review, it was apprised that 1054 e-services are currently available to the citizens with 20 more e-services under-development.
