It has been decided to implement ‘e-Municipal Project’ for ensuring uniformity through same application in all 360 urban bodies in the State. The project will be implemented with the cooperation of British Government’s Department for International Development. It will cost Rs 125 crore. For this, urban bodies have completed tender process. It has been successfully implemented as pilot project in Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
This initiative has been taken by Urban Administration Department to bring maximum number of urban bodies under the purview of Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act through information technology. Following project’s completion, all essential services like property tax, water tax, birth, death and marriage certificates etc will be made online.
The most striking feature of e-governance will be that citizens will get these services 24X7 without any holiday, Citizens will also be able to make online payment of various taxes and fees. For this, online payment gateway facility has been provided to citizens. Urban bodies will be linked through SWAN network with State Data Centre. The data will help chalk out effective schemes for urban bodies. This facility being provided to urban bodies will also be linked with geographical information system (GIS). Of the 360 urban bodies in the State, 14 are municipal corporations, 100 Municipal Councils and 246 Municipalities.
As an e-governance pilot project, Municipal Administration System (MAS) has been implemented in Bhopal Municipal Corporation. Under it, entire functioning of the municipal corporation has been computerised. With this, citizens have got the facility of online payment of taxes and cess etc.