Chief Minister Raghunar Das said that gap between administration and the people could be minimised though Information technology. Das while addressing India Today Conclave at New Delhi on Friday said that the role of mediators could also be checked through the use of IT.
“Stress is also being given in Jharkhand to make more and more use of IT,” said the CM. He further said that two years back corruption was tagged automatically along with the name of Jharkhand, but now, situation has changed and digital Jharkhand has become the identity of this state.
“To remove poverty from the State it is essential to make our state more educated and skilled,” said CM. As many as 4404 panchayats are being connected to the technology though e-village out of which, 1400 Panchayats have already been connected, he added.
“It will make villagers free from the mediators,” CM said. He further added that the IT will also prove to be helpful in fulfilling the dreams of ‘Suraj’ as we easily get ‘Swaraj’ but we do not get ‘Suraj’ easily.
As soon as we came into Government, stress was given on corruption free administration, accountable, transparent government and more and more use of IT. “Steps are regularly being taken to press these priorities in the government,” said the CM. Organisations which have done commendable jobs in the field of IT were also felicitated at the occasion.
Urban Development Minister CP Singh, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, IG RK Mallick and Secretary Sunil Barnwal were also present during the programme.