Online services are being provided to the citizens under the Pauri’s e-district pilot project. The CS Subhash Kumar held a review meet of the programme at the secretariat.
It was said that the assigned officers are not taking interest in the program. A strict action will be taken against anyone who adopts a lax attitude towards this program. The salaries of the departments which do not introduce the online services by June will be held back. The treasurers have also been given instructions on similar lines.
The additional secretary Information technical and director ITI Ravinath Raman said that services like cast, age, main residence, character, birth, death certificate, and employment registration, status of case, food licenses, and compensation regarding disaster are being provided through electronic means. Training of all department officers and workers meeting has been held twice. Connectivity and software have been provided at block level. 32 e district centers have been set up.
He added that 20,948 caste certificates, 31,659 income certificates, 12,737 character certificates, 305 freedom fighter dependents, 1,393 birth certificates, 113 death certificates and 1,291 employment offices have been registered online so far. This way, 1,60,345 people have been given services. He said that citizens will be provided with online services under e governance project.
Present in the meeting were Principal Secretary Social welfare S Raju, Secretary IT Umakant Panwar, Secretary Rural development Vinod Phonia, Additional Secretary urban development Minaxi Sundram and other officers.