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| Smart? J&K's e-governance is dull | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4: According to the web policy of Jammu and Kashmir government, each department is required to have website with all the relevant information.
The website of Transport department shows Mangat Ram Sharma as Transport Minister and Raman Bhalla as Minister of State. The fact that Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen is the Transport Minister and there is no Minister of State in the department has not been taken into account.
The main official website of Jammu and Kashmir government whose content is backed by the Department of Information still maintains that there are 14 districts in the state –the eight new districts have not been taken into account. You the section pertaining to the list of Ministers and legislators, the message which ticks out says, "the section is under updation".
The website of Finance department has not been updated since the Finance Minister presented the last budget. Still the Jammu and Kashmir government claims that it is moving towards "e-governance" as measure of "smart governance".
In this connection, the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development today organized a workshop ), in collaboration with National Institute for Smart Government, (NISG) Hyderabad, here today where Chief Secretary BR Kundal was told that e-governance is taking proper shape in the state.
Speaking at the workshop, the Chief Secretary described e-governance as an important tool for providing effective, efficient, transparent and responsive Administrative matters delivery system, and exhorted all the officers to adopt the mechanism of e-governance for people-friendly administration. he was probably not told about the smartness of e-governance in Jammu and Kashmir.
The workshop was attended by all Financial Commissioners, Principal/Commissioner secretary, Heads of various departs, Director General of Police and senior civil and police officers.
Complementing the IMPA & RD for organizing such a rare workshop in the state Mr. Kundal said that workshop would sensitize the senior offices of the administration to develop an understanding of various components of e-governance.
Asking the officers to learn the nitty-gritty's of e-governance and implement it in their respective departments to bring transparency he said it would minimize work load and provide hassle free delivery to the people.
Chief Executive Officer, NISG, Hyderabad Mr. J. Satyanarayana in his keynote address elaborated the principles of e-governance, highlighted National e-governance programme and understanding of e-government project development. He said that Jharkhand state is taking lead in e-governance as 33 departments are fully e-governed.
Others who deliberated various component of e-governance included, General Manager, NISG, Mr. Piyash Gupta and former e-Governance Advisor to World Bank, Professor Subhash Bhatnagar. Director General IMPA and RD Mr. Madhav Lal in his welcome address highlighted various activities and achievements of the IMPA. |
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