Satish Sharma reviews functioning of
JaKeGA
Asks to expedite establishment of
e-services centres ensuring public gets digital facilities at doorsteps
JAMMU, JANUARY 17:
Minister for FCS &CA, Transport, Youth Services and Sports, Information
Technology, Science and Technology, ARI and Trainings Satish Sharma, today
reviewed the functioning of Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA),
entrusted with the task of designing, delivering, and managing e-governance
projects in J&K.
Present in the
meeting were Chief Executive Officer JaKeGA, Director Finance JaKeGA and
technical staff of JaKeGA.
The CEO apprised
the Minister of physical and financial achievements besides future projects of
the agency through a PowerPoint Presentation.
He informed that
JaKeGA is a nodal agency for implementation of IT, ITES and E- governance
projects. The prime objective of JaKeGA is to design, deliver and administer
the e-governance projects by providing necessary administrative, financial,
legal and technical support, he added. He also apprised the Minister regarding
upcoming projects like Swan 2.O automation of hospitals, LAN setup for Civil Secretariat
and Assembly complexes at Jammu and Srinagar, digital signage solutions and
unified portal dashboards.
After detailed
review, the Minister appreciated the efforts of CEO JaKeGA for bringing IT
revolution in J&K by implementing digitisation project, state wide area
network and digital village sites.
The Minister
emphasised upon the agency to be prepared for IT revolution at war- footing
level. He asked the CEO to expedite establishment of e-services centres through
suitable Public Private Partnership to ensure that the public gets the desired
information and e- services at their doorsteps.