In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as many as 200 move and non-move Govt offices have been linked to e-Office adopting a technology to make working smooth and faster. Initially, the Civil Secretariats in Jammu and Srinagar switched over to e-office as majority of the files and records were digitized which prevented the physical transportation of files and records during the old age Darbar Move practice.<br />''<br />''Administrative Secretary, Information Technology Department and CEO, J&amp;K e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA), Amit Sharma, said that 200 offices of Head of Departments (both Move and non-Move) also switched over to e-office in the entire Union Territory. He said that the IT department want to link HoD offices with the lease-line as a permanent solution and necessary steps have been taken in this direction. However, they have been linked through Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity at present.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #000000;">The IT department has opened the NIC accounts of the HoD offices (both Move and Non-Move) and created their e-mails for official correspondence. Besides, trained few employees as Master trainers so that the officials in the respective offices could be trained further by them to handle e-office. Meanwhile, few organisations led from the front like Anti-Corruption Bureau had already switched over to e-office and had taken lease-line connectivity since its inception, which is a long-term solution for e-office functioning and the same will be adopted gradually.</span><br />
News On AIR | September 29, 2021 2:23 PM
Jammu and Kashmir: 200 move, non-move Govt offices linked to e-Office