Khattar launches biometric system

Hina Rohtaki

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 2

Waving off traditional barriers in public services, the Haryana Government became tech-friendly with the launch of several e-services and applications today.

E-services and software applications including — e-Stamping; Jeevan Pramaan; revised state portal; Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS); CM Window mobile app; and Aadhaar-linked registration of birth.

The services were inaugurated by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Panchkula today.

An official release said, “The digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen includes easy access to common service centres and ‘cradle-to-grave digital identity’, e-Governance and e-Services on demand envisage electronic financial transactions and mobile platform based services.”

Khattar while inaugurating these services, said, “It is a matter of concern that at present the public has to submit birth certificate as an evidence of their existence and also have to visit the government offices time and again for the same.”

“Besides other benefits, the launch of these services would make e-governance visible; inject a dose of efficiency in the administration, and make Haryana move up the ladder of progressive states,” Khattar said.

Eleven e-services of the Revenue Department were also launched. These include: Scheduled Caste, Backward Caste, Other Backward Caste, Special Backward Caste, Tapriwas, Vimukt Jati, Economically Backward General Caste and Resident certificates, income certificate for education purposes, income certificate for other purposes and rural area certificate.

Similarly, some services of the Health Department were also launched. Under these, birth certificate, death certificate, and copies of certificates shall be provided.

Not just this, the state has become the first state in the country to implement Aadhaar-linked registration of birth. This system would ensure that every newborn will get an Aadhaar number at birth, besides the birth registration. Haryana also became the first state in the country to implement the Aadhaar-enabled AEBAS.

E-stamping would make the registry process easier as there would be no need to purchase stamp paper for the registry. Citizens can now generate e-Stamp by paying online. The revised state portal would have information about various and programmes of the departments.

In order to ensure that the government employees reach their offices in time, Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) has been implemented in government offices of the state.

Meanwhile, making the CM Window more effective, a mobile application was launched. Anybody can get to know the status of his or her complaint on their mobiles, using the app.

Khattar said that apart from this, 20 citizen-centric services have been linked with e-services under the Service Act to ensure their time bound delivery through the Citizen Service Centres (CSCs), one of which he inaugurated at Sector 15 Panchkula.

The government also plans to set up CSCs in villages across Haryana. During 2015-16, about 2,500 CSCs shall be set up across the state, the officials claimed.

Other landmarks 

First state in the country to implement Aadhaar-linked registration of birth

Implementation of the Aadhaar-enabled AEBAS

Quote-unquote

It is a matter of concern that at present the public has to submit birth certificate as an evidence of their existence. The launch of these services will make e-governance visible, inject a dose of efficiency in the administration and make Haryana move up the ladder of progressive states. — Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister