This is aimed at expanding the scope of e-governance, an application for delivering government services and exchanging information. This will be made available in some existing urban bodies, which are yet to be connected through e-governance.
Official sources said the new urban local bodies (ULBs), which are functioning in rural areas in panchayat offices, will be covered by OSWAN. "OSWAN will facilitate a link between the departments. Since at the panchayat and block levels, OSWAN facilities have been provided, the new urban bodies will also be covered under it," said a state government official. The IT department will be asked to start the process within three days, said the officer.
Director, municipal administration, Sanjib Mishra said OSWAN was unlike the e-governance system. "In the e-governance that is prevalent currently in cities, citizens get several online services. But OSWAN will be limited to correspondences between the government offices," Mishra said.
Earlier, there were 69 Notified Area Council (NACs) and 35 municipalities in 30 districts. With 10 NACs being converted into municipalities, the total number of municipalities and NACs became 59 and 45 respectively. In 2012, the government created three new NACs Nuapada, Atabira and Chandabali.
In another development, water tax will be collected online from October 1. "Those municipalities, which are implementing e-municipality, will make provisions to facilitate citizens deposit the water tax online," said a government letter. The BMC will start collecting holding tax with the help of a hand-held device.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Riyan Ramanath V
Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 16.09.2014
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