Chief Minister Raman Singh extended heartiest congratulations and good wishes to the officials and the employees of Chhattisgarh Info-tech And Bio-Tech Promotion Society (CHIPS), as Chhattisgarh has received 'Dataquest E-Readiness Award' in the field of information technology.
Singh said that Chhattisgarh is one of the leading states in the field of information technology. Based on the reports of recently conducted survey of Dataquest CMR, Chhattisgarh was selected for the award based on the per capita utility of information technology. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CHIPS AM Pariyal received the award in a grand ceremony organized at New Delhi on Aug 29, where IT Experts from across the nation were present.
Secretary of Information Technology Department Aman Singh also congratulated CHIPS for the achievement. He said that under the guidance of Chief Minister Raman Singh, IT services have been made available to all the people of State and for which, the State has been conferred with the award.
Based on the per capita IT utility, Chhattisgarh has got the platinum status among the various categories of State. CHIPS CEO Pariyal informed that various civil services like PDS Choice, E-procurement, Geographical Information System, Rural Choice Project etc are being provided so as to empower the common people of State.
Under Geographical Information System Scheme, data on the scale of 1:50,000 are available through 99-layer satellite, which can be utilized not only by all the departments of State but also by the private businessmen. 26 Departments of the State are doing the tender-related works for official sale and purchase through e-procurement.
This has not only brought more transparency in the entire process but is also saving time. Besides, under the project of connecting all the police stations of the nation, crime and criminal detection mechanism is being exercised in the State. Moreover, the SWAN project is also being successfully implemented in the State and 3000 Government offices.
It is noteworthy that Chhattisgarh has been awarded with 'Best E-Government State Award' by Computer Society of India twice in past, for the best and the extensive use of IT services in the State. Moreover, the most extensive project based on open-source CHOICE has also been awarded several times in past. Besides, State has also received several national-level awards for various other schemes like e-procurement etc.