Govt launches key digital initiatives for empowerment of citizens

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 11: In an attempt to provide corruption-free governance and empower citizens to report any wrongdoings in the departments across Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory Government has launches several digital initiatives.
Rolling out of e-office in all the administrative departments and office of Heads of Departments has resulted in speedy disposal of official business, made real-time file tracking possible thereby enhancing accountability for avoiding any undue delay in disposal of cases.
The electronic Vigilance Clearance System (VCS) for issuance of e-vigilance clearances through online mode has simplified the process of seeking NoC and enables employees to track status of their vigilance clearance for any follow-up.
Similarly, online portal for e-filing of property returns (PRS-Portal) facilitates access and monitoring of the property details of all the employees, especially while processing vigilance clearance in their favour.
Likewise, Mobile Application ‘Satark Nagrik’ and Departmental Vigilance Officers Portal of J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau are facilitating seamless flow of information about corruption and enables citizens to submit their grievances with ease and mobility. Any citizen having an android based device can download the application from play store.
In order to further boost transparency in public dealings of the Revenue Department, a mechanism of issuing passbooks to people containing information on all their legal land possessions has been evolved.
The administration has successfully implemented innovative initiatives for financial discipline which inter alia include BEAMS, online submission of bills through J&K PaySys, mandatory administrative approvals, technical sanctions and e-tendering, digital payments, GFR, GeM and related measures which have greatly helped the financial systems in J&K to be at par with any other developing financial system in the country.
Centralised Personnel Information System has been designed to capture employee profiles as well as office profiles in the CPIS database of all the departments, spread over in the entire Jammu & Kashmir. The implementation of CPIS is a flagship e-Governance initiative of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir. It gives a thought provoking ideas to everybody, how to manage personnel information systems in the organization. It also gives clear cut information about an institution or an office, how many posts are created and how much staff is deployed.
The CPIS can give information about the excess or shortage of manpower in a particular office in a click of the mouse. The system automates the existing system to the best of its utility and reduces time consuming process of compiling information, data etc which are required very often the manual to a maximum degree. It also minimizes the errors out of labour intensive and time-consuming processes.