Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday assured full cooperation to Haryana Government in making new innovations and developments in field of e-Governance and IT.
After holding a meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal in New Delhi, he said that Haryana is doing extremely well in the field of e-Governance and IT.
The Union Minister said that all the villages of three districts of Haryana — Rewari, Faridabad and Sonipat would be connected with National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) by February, 2016.
Praising Haryana Government, Ravi Shankar said that promptness exhibited by Haryana towards making Aadhar cards is praiseworthy and therefore, other states should also follow it. Haryana should also promote electronic manufacturing, he added.
The Union Minister said that assistance would be provided by the Union Government so that Haryana could start providing online learning driving licenses.
After the meeting, Manohar lal said that under ‘Digital India’ programme, the Digital Haryana programme has been started in the State and various e-governance applications have been launched within a year so that better facilities could be provided to people of the State.
The Chief Minister added that Haryana is the first State where Aadhaar Card registration of newborns is being carried out.