Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 18: Commissioner Secretary, Information Technology, Saurabh Bhagat, today held a meeting to review progress on Common Service Centres (CSCs) and e-Unnat portal at Civil Secretariat here.
The meeting was attended by Rupesh Kumar, CEO, JaKeGA; Ajaz Qaiser, Additional Secretary, IT; Manju Gupta, DGM, J&K Bank; Faizan Manzoor, State Head, J&K, CSC e-Governance Service Limited; Malika Raina, Under Secretary, IT and SeMT (State e-Mission Team), J&K besides other officers and officials.
Regarding improvements in access to digital services and bridging the digital divide, particularly in remote and challenging terrains of J&K, the Commissioner Secretary directed CSC-SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) to expeditiously complete its target of establishing 940 new CSC touch points. He was informed that, so far, 650 new touch points have already been established in various Government offices and institutions. He directed the officers to ensure even distribution of CSCs across the UT while establishing new points in order to achieve saturation.
The Commissioner Secretary had detailed discussion with J&K Bank regarding the steps which need to be taken up by J&K Bank to enable onboarding of CSCs to work as Business Correspondents (BCs). He was informed that 313 CSCs in J&K are already working as BCs for several banks like IDBI, PNB, BOB, HDFC and AXIS. Working as BCs for J&K Bank will further enhance financial inclusion across the Union Territory, he added.
It was informed in the meeting that the IT Department has notified rates to avail various online services which envisage Rs 50 per service for government to citizen services and Rs 75 for government to business services to prevent cases of overcharging by VLEs. In addition to fixation of charges, the department also carries out regular inspection drives to mitigate overcharging instances.
The Commissioner Secretary asked the concerned to integrate all 1166 online services available at e-Unnat Portal of Jammu and Kashmir into Digital CSC Seva Portal, a CSC platform.
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