JAMMU, Dec 26:
Jammu and Kashmir State pollution Control Board today launched online consent management system and monitoring system here.
The system has been launched in order to bring in transparency and accountability in the working of the Board. Board also organised one day workshop on the launching of e-consent mechanism, which was inaugurated by the new Board Chairman Suresh Chugh.
Mr Chugh said shortly this system shall be extended to other districts of the State as well.
He informed that this will bring transparency, accountability and simplification of procedure and paperless working for the e-consent, adding that gradually all the services of the board shall be made online for the benefit of the industry and the people at large.
Chairman said since the Public Service Guarantee Act has been adopted by the State Government for the service provider departments, and PCB is one such organisation, so it has become necessary to improve the efficiency in working of the board, so as to dispose of the consent cases in a stipulated time period that too in a transparent and simplified manner, for which the introduction of online consent management is a step forward in this direction. (AGENCIES)