OREANDA-NEWS. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) is organizing a Workshop on Implementation of e-Office in Central Ministries/Departments, here tomorrow. The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the Workshop. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is the partner of this Department in implementation of this project. e-Office is an important tool of e- Governance for bringing efficiency and quality in public service delivery.

The DARPG is organizing the Workshop with the participation of all Central Ministries/Departments, especially to sensitize the Indian Administrative Service Officers of 2013 Batch, who have been recently deputed to the Central Ministries / Departments as Assistant Secretaries on deputation basis, who can play a pivotal role for initiating faster implementation of the e-Office Project across all the Central Ministries / Departments. This will also enable them to carry the rich experience of implementing e-Office in Central Ministries / Departments to the Districts and States to which they have been allotted so that they can use this knowledge in their day-to-day activities.

The Workshop will be attended by Shri Devendra Chaudhry, Secretary (AR&PG), Shri Bhaskar Kulble, Additional Secretary to the PMO and Ms. Usha Sharma, Additional Secretary, DARPG among others.

The NIC will make a presentation on e-Office and Guidelines on Indian Government Website. Ministries of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development will share their experiences in successful implementation of the e-Office project in their Ministries. It is expected that this Workshop will generate required momentum among the participants to implement e-Office in all Central Ministries/Departments immediately.