Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 5: The Finance Department in consultations with the National Informatics Centre has worked out an ‘Electronic Payment Framework’ known as ‘JKPaySys’’.
As per the framework, all Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) will furnish e-bills to the Treasuries along with all pre-requisites and documents mandated as per the Treasury Code for which access shall be provided to each DDO and payments will be made through online system only.
An order issued by Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta said in the initial phase the payment framework will be implemented in the Civil Secretariat Treasury and all the DDOs affiliated with this Treasury will submit e-bills pertaining to both revenue and capital component of the budget from May 1 this year.
No manual bills will be entertained in the Civil Secretariat Treasury from May 1 onwards.
The order called upon all Administrative Secretaries that ‘JKPaySys’ application for presenting e-bills to each treasury within the State shall be implemented by each DDO under their administrative control by end of June 30 and thereafter no manual bills shall be entertained by any treasury for both revenue and capital component of the budget.