Amit directs for overhauling of ARI&T Deptt working to meet deliverables’ timelines

Secretary ARI&T Department Amit Sharma chairing a meeting of officers in Srinagar.
Secretary ARI&T Department Amit Sharma chairing a meeting of officers in Srinagar.

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, May 13: Secretary, Administrative Reforms, Inspections and Trainings (ARI&T) Department, Amit Sharma, today took important sequel meetings to completely overhaul the working of the Department so that it could meet the timelines for the deliverables which were recently approved in the Administrative Council meeting held under the chairmanship of LG Manoj Sinha.
Sharma took first meeting with Salim Khan, SIO J&K NIC and other senior officers of NIC and department, followed by a sequel meeting relating to deliverables planned for the whole year in which HoDs including Dr Kabir, DG, Stationery & Supplies Department, Dr Firdous Giri, Secretary BOPEE, Mohd Ashraf Shaheen, Director Finance, Aijaz Akhoon, GM Government Press Srinagar, Purshotam Sharma, GM Ranbir Press Jammu, Muried Hussain Shah and Sunaina Sharma, Additional Secretaries, Aadil Bashir, Under Secretary and other officers of the Department participated.
During the first meeting relating to complete overhauling and automation of ARI & Trainings Department, the Secretary decided that there shall be complete overhauling and improvisation of existing websites of the Department including Ranbir Press Jammu‘s website and at the same time, newly created website of Government Press Srinagar with the support of NIC J&K will be dedicated to the public soon.
Amit also directed towards early finalization of end-to-end digitization of departmental services such as processing migration cases of MBBS students, NDC issuance to retiring employees etc with the objective to eliminate human interface and paper-work in them so that the Department can utilize its potential and channelize its inertia in actual core activities such as finalization of recruitment rules of all departments, conduct of administrative and financial inspections, etc.
In a sequel meeting to it, the Secretary had a thorough discussion on meeting the timelines in deliverables recently approved on AC meeting at highest level and HoDs as well as officers of the Department were given clear-cut directions to submit plans for same. The process of making RTI services online was also deliberated upon and the officers of the department were directed to initiate a proposal on the pattern of the procedure being followed for same in the rest of the states and union territories.