Finance dept’s revamped website launched

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, August 13

Governor NN Vohra on Monday launched the revamped and upgraded website of the state’s finance department. The website has mobile-friendly features and provides a single-point access to all information regarding various wings of the department.

The Governor also launched the mobile app of the finance department.

Speaking on the occasion, the Governor called for giving a fresh push to the expenditure reforms to ensure checks and balances for efficient fiscal management and for speeding up spending to make the productive use of resources.

The Governor asked the Principal Secretary, Finance, to create an online database of all government departments and employees in the state, including regular and non-regular, for ready reference. Briefing the Governor about the new website, Principal Secretary, Finance, Navin K Choudhary said it had been created by the IT Cell of the department and would act as a single window of information regarding varied subjects handled by the department.

He said the upgraded website was a major step towards standardisation and improvement in e-presentation and e-content delivery.

Choudhary said comprehensive information regarding insurance, excise policies, books, manuals, RTI, release, authorisation, revalidation and reappropriation of funds would be available on the website for the convenience of the users.

He said separate links for every document and downloadable item and also for image scrolls and external websites, including PFMS, GAD, Union Finance Ministry, PMNRF, DBT, BEAMS, GST Council, had been created for the convenience of the users.