185 IT-related projects in Haryana to give push to e-governance
CHANDIGARH: About 185 information technology (IT) projects are being implemented or under process in Haryana to give a big push to e-governance in the state.Bulk of these projects are being implemented by the Haryana government and another 10% are being executed by the Centre, according to information shared in the meeting of Chief Minister Digital Haryana Cell here on Tuesday. While 20% of these IT projects have budget provision of more than ₹1 crore, 70% are being implemented through government agencies.
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who presided over the meeting held to review the progress of these projects, said that citizen-centric services are set to hit a new, faster and hasslefree delivery mechanism under the Digital Haryana Roadmap 2017-19 prepared by the state government.
“The working of offices will also undergo a metamorphosis with all departments where IT projects are being implemented having better connectivity and coordination for proper monitoring of projects and policies to curb corruption,” he said.
The CM said that service delivery to citizens would include immunisation updates through voice bursts, online calls with doctors, direct scholarship debit to bank accounts, real-time attendance updates to parents through short messaging service (SMS), information on local voter registration via SMS, new service updates through Atal Seva Kendras, auto authentication for marriage registration and online registration of new apartments.
Khattar has decided to review selected IT initiatives every two months. It was also informed in the meeting that five patents, 10 research papers and a book on the achievements of ‘Digital Haryana’ would be published to establish Haryana as a leading digital state.
Those present at the meeting included chief secretary DS Dhesi; additional principal secretary to chief minister Dr Rakesh Gupta; director general, electronics and information technology, Vijayendra Kumar and IT adviser Dhruv Majumdar.