Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba inaugurated Online Consent Management and Monitoring System (OCMMS) of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board here on Wednesday. The Chief Secretary on the occasion said that the Online Consent Management system is a landmark step and will go a long way in enhancing transparency in the existing processing of application and reducing the processing time of application and related paper work.
Briefly outlining the system, Sanjay Singh Gahlot, Deputy Director General, NIC, New Delhi said that the OCMMS is a web based generic application software package for automating the workflow associated with Consent Management and Monitoring System, which exist in most State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB) and Pollution Control Committees (PCC).
This system allows the industries for the online submission of application for Consent to establish (CTE)/ Consent to Operate (CTO) & for various categories of industries/institutions. This system is helpful for concerned officials of SPCB for online monitoring of various activities of State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB) and Pollution Control Committees (PCC). The OCMMS can be implemented in all the SPCBs/PCCs with minimum customization efforts.
Speaking about the merits of the system he said that the system will improve the overall functioning and performance of the State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committees. He further said that this system is very dynamic and it can be customized to roll out different applications as per requirement and a variety of modules/sub-systems has been developed in this regard. The process of online payment was also demonstrated.
JSPCB Chairman AK Mishra informing about the system said that the industries would now be able to deposit their registration fee online through a payment gateway to the Board which was missing earlier. Principal Secretary of Planning cum Forest Department AK Singh, Industry Secretary Himani Pandey and officials of the concerned Department were present on the occasion.