On the eve of Independence Day, chief minister Dr Raman Singh dedicated the first State Data Centre building, constructed by Chhattisgarh Housing Board with a cost of Rs 56 crore, here on Wednesday.
In the brief and simple dedication function, the Chief Minister said that definitely it was a historic day, when Chhattisgarh had moved one more important step on the direction of e-governance by better utilization of information technology. He said that to bring transparency in the working of the Government and the administration, details of schemes and administrative activities of all the departments of the State Government would be consolidated into the State data centre.
The Chief Minister said that the significance of information technology would be proved when its benefits would reach to the last person of the society and the remotest village of Chhattisgarh. In this direction, the Chief Minister lavished praise on the officers and employees of the information technology department of the State Government and Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (Chips).
The chief minister said that on getting the digitalized form of different schemes of the state government available in the State Data Centre, any person of the state could peruse the schemes and take its benefits. Dr Singh said that besides government departments, different institutions and universities of Chhattisgarh could utilize the Data Centre.
Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar said that the data centre has been built according to the world level standards with all basic facilities, including management of public utility services like secured data collection, online supply of civil information and services, integrated web portal, intranet portal, production management, information system network management etc. Chief executive officer of Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society AM Pariyal has made a presentation on the specialty of the Data Centre.
State Minority Commission chairman Dilip Singh Hora, additional chief secretaries Vivek Dhand and DS Mishra, principal secretaries and secretaries of all departments and other senior officers were present at the function.