e-kiosks to perform all works in GMC offices City reporter GUWAHATI, Oct 10 The work of obtaining or renewing trade licences or getting a building permission would not be as time consuming and tiring as it is now. The slow-paced manual work of the corporation would soon make way for complete e-governance.
Under the National Mission Mode Programme (NMMP)s e-Bharat programme, the corporation would be empowered with most modern technologies to perform its work and 100 new e-kiosks would be opened up all over the city for the convenience of the people.
It was the need of the hour to computerize the whole system for benefit of the common people as well as the corporation itself. The e-kiosks would now perform all the works done in the GMC offices, said sources within the corporation.
Proposal for the same project has already been submitted to the Department of Information and Technology (I&T), Government of India for their perusal.
After getting clearance from the Central government, where the project was submitted on September 17, new kiosks would be developed in the city with computers and other technical facilities. A new software would also be installed to integrate data with all other kiosks and branches of the corporation. The total cost of this project is Rs 24 crore, out of which the Government of India would pay Rs 15 crore and the corporation would contribute Rs nine crore out of its general fund.
Once into operation, all the office work including building permission, accounting, tendering, trade license, registration of birth and death among others, would be done through this system.
It might be mentioned here that the corporation has been struggling hard with the pile of work increasing everyday. Though a new branch of the GMC was opened up recently at Lokhra, it hardly contributed in speeding up the process.
It is also expected that once the e-governance comes into existence, the data would be more authentic and it would also be possible to check any corruption.
