Mumbai: Maharashtra Government has taken a
small but significant step towards ushering in an era of
paperless offices with the rollout of the ambitious `DigiGov`
plan.
"The `DigiGov` framework aims at increasing the
intra-office efficiencies across the administration,"
Vijayalakshmi Bidari Prasanna, Director Information
Technology, Government of Maharashtra, told PTI.
`DigiGov` is a joint venture between the Maharashtra
Government and top IT firm Tata Consultancy Services.
The rollout of the project has started with the IT
Department, which has become paperless, she said.
The project envisages all departments of the state
secretariat converting paper files into e-files, create
processes and track the file till decision making is completed
on a real time basis.
This helps reduce the number of steps and time needed to
process requests. `DigiGov` also helps keep a tab on the
efficiency in decision making and monitoring the pace of
processing through use of inbuilt alert systems and reports.
This would lead to integration and seamless exchange of
information across departments on a need-to-know basis with
decision support system, Prasanna said.
PTI
