Punjab Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal on Monday held a video conferencing session with all Deputy Commissioners to review the progress of implementation of various e-governance projects in the State. Kaushal also issued directions to the Deputy Commissioners to complete all pending e-governance projects in time-bound manner so that essential public services could be delivered to the citizens at their doorsteps in a hassle-free manner.
The various projects which were discussed during the video conferencing included State Data Center (SDC), e-District roll out project, State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG), e-Office, sewa kendras, said an official spokesperson.
It was informed that the construction of State Data Center — to provide many functionalities like Central Data Repository of the State, Secure Data Storage, facilitation of Online Delivery of Services, Citizen Information or Services Portal, State Intranet Portal, Disaster Recovery, Remote Management and Service Integration etc — shall be completed by Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation limited (PSIEC) by September 30 this year. Kaushal directed the concerned authorities to complete construction and other activities of State Data Centre project by March 2016.