Bhopal: Arunachal Pradesh’s way of overcoming geographical challenges through IT for government service delivery to the last mile. This was highlighted by IRS Anirudh Saran Singh, Secretary of IT Department of Arunachal Pradesh during APAC 4th ‘India Digital Empowerment Meet & Awards-Madhya Pradesh Edition‘ recently held in Bhopal.
IRS Anirudh Saran Singh, talked about how Arunachal Pradesh took the initiative to excel in governance by harnessing the power of information and communication technology.
With the aim of providing support for the development of e-skills and knowledge network, the state of Arunachal Pradesh implemented e-Governance by using information technology and communication technologies to improve accessibility, convenience, efficiency and transparency in their government.
Anirudh Saran Singh said, “Arunachal Pradesh has observed 2022 as the year of eGovernance. 22 projects were launched which has transformed government service delivery to the last mile in the state. Arunachal is a big state with thinly population based in difficult terrains and government face challenges of reaching out to them.”
Arunachal Pradesh saw the launch of ‘Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ (government at your doorstep) with the objective of bringing citizens closer to the government. The state adopted e-Assembly and e-Cabinet modules, along with implementing a 100 per cent e-office in the state’s Civil Secretariat.
He lauded the role of technology and informed that the current brick & mortar model of governance is a difficult one to work with in the state. “It has helped us in a huge way to reach out to people with services,” he added.
Touching upon the subject to gather data and information, Singh highlighted the importance of Blockchain and said, “The verification and validation of data is a challenge for us and blockchain can help in this.”
Explaining the usage of blockchain for governance, Singh explained that blockchain can be used for the verification of data that needs to be inputted into the system, making the system more robust, and the output of the system more verifiable.
