The state government has constituted a State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to encourage innovation and their use in the latest technology.
The Committee members will include Additional Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary Finance, Planning, Economic Statistics, Law and Legislative Affairs, Principal Secretary / Secretary of the department related to the project and special invitee subject experts. The Principal Secretary/Secretary Science and Technology will be Member Secretary. The Committee will be of permanent nature and will encourage innovation and their use.
On the adoption of new material, process and product technology, new innovations and solutions in various work areas of government departments or governance, along with improvement in productivity, usability and quality, and in case the need to examine the adoption of latest technologies is felt, the department will identify the use of latest technology in its field of work and submit the proposal before the State Level Empowered Committee. The Commissioner, Institutional Finance may be consulted by the Department in respect of the proposal in respect of financial matters/biding etc.