RAYAGADA DISTRICT SELECTED FOR 'PAPERLESS OFFICE' PILOT PROJECT

Rayagada district has been selected for the pilot project for 'Paperless Office'. This is another feather in the cap of the district administration in matters of e-governance, after Implementation of the Biometric based Targeted PDS project in the district. The district has attained a reputation for being selected as a pilot district for a number of programs, even for those not linked to e-governance.

Aa apart of this initiative, a team from Bhubaneshwar, visited the district and in the presence of Collector Rayagada, conducted a meeting with the Deputy Collectors and dealing assistants of different sections of Collectorate, explaining them the concept of Paperless Office and the necessary changes that would be required to make this program a success.

The concept of Paperless Office involves conduci=ting the business of a particular office with the help of computers. Entire file work, including the note part and the correspondence part are done on the computer. Its basically the same system, which instead of doing on paper, is done on a computer.

Collector Rayagada informed that the district had taken several e-governance initiatives on its own, such as the file and letter tracking system and now this project seemed to be a god sent and that the district is fully prepared to implement this project, now that the support from the state is coming.

The team from Bhubaneshwar will assess the requirement of the Collectorate by studying all the sections for seven days and then working out a required plan for that.