Realising the dream of putting all its offices on cyber space, the Punjab Government is all set to roll out e-District Project across the State by October 30 at a cost of Rs 53.34 crore.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, reviewing the functioning of Governance Reforms department on Wednesday, expressed satisfaction over the fact that a pilot project has already been rolled out in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) and Kapurthala districts, which has registered a great success in hassle free service delivery in both districts.
It was informed in the meeting that as per the data released from National Programme Management Unit of e-District Project by the Centre, Punjab has the highest number of services which has gone live in the pilot phase. “Keeping in view the success of this pilot project, the process has already been started to spread it across the State,” said Sukhbir.
Sanctioning Rs 53.34 crore for the completion of the project, Sukhbir said that IT Company — WIPRO, that has been selected as State Project Management Unit (SPMU) to look after the implementation of this project — should ensure its timely completion.
“Under the project, total 47 services would go live by October 30 this year in all the districts, facilitating people to register online applications, complaints by sitting at home. They would also be able to check the status of their application online on day-to-day basis,” said Sukhbir.