J&K Chief Secy assesses preparation for implementation of e-Office at tehsil level

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Saturday reviewed implementation of e-Office 2.0 at the tehsil level, aimed at establishing a seamless and paperless governance model across all basic administrative units of Jammu & Kashmir.

A official spokesperson said the initiative seeks to extend the digital governance to 207 tehsils in the Union Territory.

During the meeting, the Chief Secretary underscored the importance of the legacy data in these offices. He said that this data stored in paper files is of paramount importance hence deserves to be protected for the posterity for smooth functioning of these government offices.

He directed the Deputy Commissioners to work out a plan for time-bound scanning of all files relevant to the public matters so that there erupts no incoherence while disbursing the official functioning in future after switching over to e-Office completely.

He also impressed upon the IT Department to complete the onboarding of remaining users on the e-Office for its rolling out without further delay. He stressed on the capacity building and training of such users for effective and efficient delivery in the offices directly involved with significant public affairs.

Secretary, IT, Dr Piyush Singla, while speaking in the meeting, highlighted numerous benefits being offered by this system. He said that it will ensure faster delivery of services and quicker decision-making thus enhancing the accountability and transparency in the system.

About the rollout process, the Secretary informed the meeting the same is being done in four phases.

During the review, it was also revealed that the initiative has achieved remarkable progress as 20,517 users have been onboarded, covering 95.28% of the target and 3,804 offices have been brought on board achieving 95.94% of the goal. A total of 20,580 government email IDs have been created and 11,375 VPN connections have been set up.