Faridabad DC office set to go paperless

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, July 6

The DC office here is set to become the first paperless office (e-office) in the state. July 15 has been announced as the deadline for the purpose.

Claimed to be the first of its kind in the state, all the paper files will be replaced by digital ones, facilitating the officials concerned to dispose of the daily or routine work on desktops, laptops and even on smartphones, thus eradicating the use of paper and pen completely.

“A digital workplace solution comprising a suite of products will pave the way for an efficient and open government by streamlining workflow for both inter and intra government processes and making them paperless,” claim the officials concerned.

It will be based on the platform (e-office system network) developed by NIC (National Informatics Centre). The office which is headed by the DC comprises over a dozen branches or sub-offices. It has subordinate officials like the City Magistrate, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, assistants and clerks.

All the documents reaching this office will get scanned automatically to be converted into digital form and will reach the officials or employees concerned through e-mail or electronic messages rather than the usual paper files. As the matter will be in PDF or other electronic form, no change or alteration in the order or directions passed could be done at any stage which otherwise was possible in the paper files.

“We are working overtime to make it operational by the due date as it will simplify the disposal of files within minutes and on one click of the mouse or finger. Officials can work from anywhere even when they are on leave or at some outstation,” said DC Yash Pal Yadav.

It will eliminate the use of paper as documents and files would be converted into digital form, he added.

While it will be the first paperless DC office in Haryana, such a concept had been put into practice in the office of Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurugram, in March 2019 and it is still functional.

Palakkad district of Kerala and Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha have already gone paperless in July 2015 and March 2020, respectively. Besides this, the new building of Jharkhand State Assembly inaugurated in September 2019 has also been paperless.