E Governance Updates: 8/4/10

SYNDICATE BANK'S E-STAMPING FACILITY
Mangalore
The Hindu Business Line

Syndicate Bank will launch ‘e-stamping' facility in Mangalore on April 8. A bank release said here that initially the facility will be launched at the Kadri branch of the bank in Mangalore. The facility will be available in 19 branches in Dakshina Kannada and Chikmagalur districts thereafter.

 

PR MINISTRY TO USE IT FOR PLANNING PROCESS
New Delhi
The Pioneer

The Panchayati Raj Ministry is all set to use information technology for decentralisation of the planning processes at different levels. The Ministry, in collaboration with National Informatics Centre (NIC), has developed a software that will help strengthen decentralised planning process. The Plan Plus application software developed for the purpose is generic and open to customisation by States, line department and local bodies.

"It is a decentralised planning tool which aids various participants through the planning process so that informed decisions can be taken by the participants in preparing, vetting and approving the Plan," an official release said.

GPS FOR POLICE VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS
Gurpal Kaur, Patiala
Hindustan Times (Chandigarh edition)

Punjab Police have decided to install satellite-linked Global Positioning System (GPS) in highway patrol vehicles in six cities. A senior official of police's Department of Computer and Telecommunication said GPS would be installed in the preliminary phase in Patiala, Bathinda, S.A.S. Nagar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar.

S.A.S. Nagar-based HCL would work on the project with- in a month. It is expected to be functional in May, IG Jagdish Kumar Mittal said.

COME MAY, GET HINJEWADI PROPERTY REGISTRATION DETAILS ONLINE IN 15 DAYS
Nisha Nambiar
The Indian Express

Property buyers in Hinjewadi, the IT hub of Pune that sees up to 100 property registrations a day, are set to witness a change. The buyers who normally have to wait six-eight months for documents will soon get access to them online within 15 days of the registration. The Hinjewadi sub-registrar office is part of a pilot project for online property registration, beginning next month.

Additional chief secretary M Rameshkumar said the initiative would ensure better transparency besides guaranteeing accountability by the officers. The state plans to introduce better online connectivity and inter-linkages between the city survey office and the sub-registrar/tehsildar office for urban and rural area registrations. Here, each officer will be under scrutiny for the time taken for issuing the notices as well as updating the records. Rameshkumar said the project, for which the National Informatics Centre would provide the software, would be rolled out in all districts once the Pune pilot succeeded.