Bringing in the second phase of the governance reforms, all the Government offices of the Punjab Government would be interlinked.
Starting an ambitious project — Pawan, the State Government would interconnect all Government offices at State headquarters, district, blocks and panchyats levels which would further be connected to the State Data Centre at Mohali.
The move is aimed at bringing in transparency and speedy service delivery to the masses at the bottom level.
With the completion of this project, the state government would be able to keep a close watch on the functioning of the offices at grass-root level while sitting at the headquarter, stated an official spokesperson.
“In the next 18-24 months, all village panchyats of the State would have internet access, for which the Punjab Government has signed the tripartite agreement on April 12 with Union Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and Bharat Broadband Network limited (BBNl) for laying optical fibre network in all villages across the
State,” he added.
In the first phase, 139 offices of Government, boards and corporations situated at Mohali and Chandigarh would be covered till August 31, 2013, whereas more than 2,000 offices in field to be connected with SDC by December this year, he added.
He said that by July 2013, offices of the newly created districts of Fazilka and Pathankot would also to be connected with district network centre.
Giving details about SDC, he said that it would be operational from Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration by the end of this year costing about Rs50 crore. After the completion of this whole project, the information regarding the functioning of Government offices in the State would be available on a click, which would be a big bonus in the field of administrative reforms, he added.