Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 17: International Limited in association with Central Vigilance Commission organised a workshop on “Leveraging Information Technology” for railway PSUs.
In the workshop, CEOs, Directors, CVOs and IT Heads of various PSUs of Ministry of Railways were the key participants.
In his keynote address, R Sri Kumar, Vigilance Commissioner, CVC mentioned that vigilance is a management function and all CMDs should view it as a part of good governance.
He pointed out that E-Procurement and E-Reverse Auction are the proven IT Tools for enhancing transparency as well as for saving in cost of procurement.
Adviser (Vigilance), Railway Board AK Maitra and CTE CVC Anil Singhal were other key speakers.
Addressing the delegates AK Maitra said that IT helps in better governance and fixing accountability. Sharing his experience, he mentioned that introduction of several IT tools in Railways has helped in reduction of complaints by up to 20 per cent.
Anil Singhal stressed on adoption of e-procurement for tenders, which is the prime area for source of corruption. Singhal discussed in detail the function and advantages of e-procurement.
Workshop participants from other Railway PSUs detailed about their IT initiatives in bringing transparency in their respective organizations.
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