Secretary stresses for automation of operations in Mining Department

Secretary Mining Department, Amit Sharma chairing a meeting.
Secretary Mining Department, Amit Sharma chairing a meeting.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 19: Secretary Mining Department, Amit Sharma here today held a meeting regarding fully automating mining operations in J&K as per the vision of J&K Government to make all services transparent, online and paperless in a shortest possible time.
The meeting was organized as a prelude to upcoming Digital Week celebrations.
Those who were present in the meeting were O.P Bhagat, Director Geology & Mining J&K; Nisar Ahmed, Joint Director Kashmir; Harbans Lal Langeh, Joint Director Jammu; industrial association heads, Harbaksh Singh, NIC expert and other IT experts from outside J&K.
During meeting, Amit laid thrust on creation of total automation and online solutions with objective of making human interventions nil in Mining Department wherein Director Geology and Mining informed that Government e-Marketplace for sale and purchase of minor minerals including RBM and other materials is at verge of launch whereas work is going-on in full swing towards creation of portals and apps for creating e-Challan system, automated weigh bridge operations and submission of online returns by all concerned stakeholders.
The Secretary said, in order to curb the menace of illegal mining, latest technologies in terms of drone, Artificial Intelligence, RAS, Aadhaar Authentication and creation of smart check posts should be pressed into action and the Director should submit a comprehensive proposal in this behalf to the Government within a week.
It was decided that a task force led by Joint Director Geology & Mining Jammu shall focus along with NIC and Digitization teams for creation of total automation system in Mining which shall be reviewed by the Secretary on weekly basis.
The Secretary assured that the Government shall proactively support all initiatives for automation.