After a day of promises about utilising information technology in bettering governance, the Jharkhand Government is making efforts to stay true to its word, it seems. Moving ahead in this direction, Government has decided to get Jharkhand Agency for Promotion of Information Technology (JAP-IT) registered under The Companies Act.
These instructions, for streamlining the working methods of the agency, came from Chief Minister Raghubar Das during the 8th Board of Directors’ meeting of JAP-IT on Monday.
Meanwhile, awarding more monetary breathing space to senior IT government officials, financial powers to IT Secretary were increased from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 5 crore, whereas the same for JAP-IT Chief Executive Officer has been raised from Rs 10 lakhs to RsSpeaking to officials, Das said, “With effective use of information technology, we can negate the rampant corruption and interference of middlemen in the government machinery. For this purpose, the State Government is prioritising its efforts to promote the use of IT in all its departments. Jharkhand has picked up the pace in use of IT, and the state will emerge as a role model for other States.”
Also, Das ordered an executive committee, comprising of Principal Secretary and Secretary-rank officials from all State Government departments, under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner RS Poddar. The proposals from this Committee will be reviewed and approved in the Board of Directors meeting, which will be chaired by the CM himself.