eGovWatch: Ministry of Women and Child Development goes paperless
The project was initiated in July, 2015 and over 12,000 files of the Ministry have been digitized. Now, Personnel Information Management System (e-Service Book) is expected to start from the 1st of January, 2016.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the e-office in the ministry for paperless functioning.
The e-office was formally launched by WCD Minister, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in New Delhi.
The legacy data of all the files of the ministry has been digitized and the entire file movement is now taking place electronically.Under the e-office, every receipt of any paper is scanned and digitized and the new file is opened. The file is then processed electronically as per specified procedure and specified hierarchy.
The project was initiated in July, 2015 and over 12,000 files of the Ministry have been digitized. Several modules of e-office ie File Management System, Knowledge Management System, Leave Management System, Tour Management System, have been running under the e-office.Personnel Information Management System (e-Service Book) is expected to start from the 1st of January, 2016.
In the new system, a file takes only 4-5 days for processing as compared to 30-40 days earlier and it is possible to locate the point at which the file is held up and avoid delay by expediting the same.
