The State Government has selected Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts to be developed as e-districts in first phase of e-governance.
It was stated by Principal Secretary of Information and Technology department NN Sinha in a workshop held in the auditorium of divisional commissioner’s office.
Addressing the block development officers and circle officers of both Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts Sinha said that the government has decided to include 54 services under this e-governance scheme.
In first phase in both districts 30 chosen services will be taken initially and then rest 24 will be included.Under e-district scheme there will be a vital role of Pragya Kendras. For it the government has decided to open Pragya Kendras in every panchayat.
The centers will preferably be installed at panchayat buildings. If there is no electricity anywhere then the district administration will provide instruments for solar energy to run the centers, Sinha informed.
IT Secretary Sinha also cleared that under the scheme of e-service the applicants will get SMS messages about the progress of their application. He cleared that for almost every services the government has fixed a time limit and in e-districts and included e-services it should be strictly followed.
Now the common man will not have to make trips of the offices for giving application and to know about its position and to get the requisite benefits.
Under e-district program applications can be submitted through e-mail too. NN Sinha also informed about the services to be included under this scheme in which income certificate, caste certificate, MNREGA, UID number, scholarship, social welfare schemes etc. are there.
In the workshop DC Hazaribagh Sunil Kumar said that within given timeframe the district administration will start Pragya Kendras in all the panchayats of the district and the people will start getting the benefits of services included under this scheme.
DC Ramgarh Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh also welcomed the e-service scheme and said that he would like to include Cl and El of the employees under this scheme in his district along with the other services identified by state government.
In this workshop, all the BDOs and COs of both Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts were present.The district information officer of Hazaribagh AK Deo and the employees of NIC of both the districts also attended this workshop.