* Assesses functioning of IT Deptt
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, held a detailed meeting with the senior officers of civil administration and Police Department to take appraisal of the ongoing activities ahead of the Independence Day and to look into the action plan devised for nation-wide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ program.
At the outset, the Chief Secretary had a thorough evaluation of the progress made by each department and district in furthering the Swachhta Pakhwada campaign started on August 1st.
He also enquired about the activities undertaken in both the rural and urban areas of J&K. The CS took note of the plantation drives held so far especially the response of districts and departments towards ‘Ek Ped Shahidon Ke Naam’ campaign.
Dulloo impressed upon the School Education Department to make National Anthem singing a regular affair in the morning assemblies. He encouraged the district administration to monitor its progress along with other advisable activities designated for the Department.
The Chief Secretary also took this occasion to have an assessment of the preparations made for smooth conduct of the I-Day celebrations across the UT. He enquired from the Divisional Commissioners and each Deputy Commissioner about the availability of venue, traffic and other security measures taken.
As far as the national ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (HGT) campaign is concerned, the Chief Secretary stressed on making fool proof arrangements to make it a grand success across J&K. He sensitized the Divisional and District administrations to make preparations well ahead of holding these activities and encourage mass participation.
It was given out by Principal Secretary, Culture Department that an action plan had been prepared by the department to make this campaign a success across J&K. He made out that the activities to be undertaken are holding of Tiranga Yatra before the I-Day in all the districts and at UT level.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary felicitated the winners of different contests launched on the eve of International Yoga Day by the Information Technology (IT) Department.
Those present includes Commissioner Secretary, IT; SIO, NIC; Deputy Commissioner, Jammu/ Udhampur/ Reasi besides other concerned officers along with the winners of these contests either physically or virtually through video conferencing.
While handing over the appreciation certificates and prize amounts to the winners, the Chief Secretary congratulated them on their success. He encouraged them to enhance their skills by participating in such competitions. He asked them to excel both in curricular and extra-curricular activities as well to be successful in life.
On the occasion, he inaugurated 12 online services of Revenue and Agriculture Production Departments devised by the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu and Reasi. These services pertain to seeking several permissions for holding gatherings or political/ social/ cultural events besides applying for a phytosanitary certificate and checking quality of honey.
While assessing the performance of the IT Department , the Chief Secretary emphasised on developing end to end solutions for IT based services. He asked for full integration of different platforms currently in use by public so that the availability of all services, giving of feedback, making appeals by public and using it across different gadgets is done at ease.
Dulloo also enjoined upon the department to ensure that at least one Common Services Centre (CSC) is available in a village. He asked for making critical analysis of the data emanating from these CSCs about their functioning and transactions done each day.
Commissioner Secretary, IT, Prerna Puri, while briefing the meeting about the Yoga Day contests revealed that a total of around 5700 entries were received by the department in the competitions of Poster Making, Essay Writing, Yoga Doodle Challenge and Yoga Storytelling.
She further added that the winning prizes in each of the challenge constituted an appreciation certificate and cash award of Rs 10,000 as Ist prize, Rs 8,000 (2nd prize) and Rs 5000 (3rd Prize) given by the department.
About the future targets, it was divulged that the department envisages to establish the Security Operations Centre with the assistance of GoI. It also targets developing end to end digitization of 50 high volume services this year and development of unified platform for centralized authentication, feedback, suo-motto delivery and onboarding G2C services on the fly for the ease and aid of the citizens of J&K.
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