J&K embraces digital transformation: e-Office implementation review meeting sets vision for future

Business Photo: Jammu and Kashmir Information Department Jammu, Oct 17: On the directions of Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Commissioner Secretary Information Technology (IT), Prerna Puri, convened a meeting with all the Deputy Commissioners to review the implementation of e-Office across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioners through virtual mode while Chief Executive Officer JaKeGA, Anuradha Gupta; State Informatics Officer, Saleem Khan; Additional Secretaries IT Department, Rajinder Khajuria and Satish Kumar Sharma besides others concerned participated in person. The central focus of the meeting was the complete transition of government file processing to the e-Office platform, encompassing districts, blocks and panchayats. The move towards a paperless and digitally driven system was strongly encouraged to enhance transparency, accountability and accessibility of government records. The Chief Secretary has envisioned complete abandonment of manual file transmission in the UT. Commissioner Secretary, while addressing the meeting, exhorted upon the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that e-Office becomes the standard for processing government files. This transformation is expected to revolutionize the functioning of government offices, making information easily accessible to the concerned stakeholders. She also asked the DCs to promote the horizontal and vertical usage […]

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