RTI INITIATIVE IN ODISHA BAGS NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE AWARD

RTI INITIATIVE IN ODISHA BAGS NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE AWARD 11/02/2012

ODISHA NEWS:

The State Government’s initiative on e-Governance has brought laurels for the state with the RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism implemented by Information and Public Relations Department, Govt. of Odisha securing the medal in 'Best Government Portal' category in the National Awards on e-Governance for 2011-12 instituted by the Union Government.

The RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism (RTI CMM) of the State Government has been declared the winner of silver award in the “Best Government Portal” category of National Award on e-Governance 2011-12. Sri Nikunja K. Sundaray, IAS Principal Secretary to Govt. of Information & Public Relations Department received the award from Governor of Odisha, His Excellency Muralidhar Chandrakant Bhandare along with Director and team members at the valedictory ceremony of two-day 15th National Conference on e-Governance at KIIT University, BBSR.


The selection for the award has gone through a 3-round of screening process including field visit and presentation before jury members at New Delhi. The award is given by the Union Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in association with Department of Information Technology, Government of India every year to recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-governance initiatives.
Attending the valedictory function if 15th e-Governance conference at KIIT, his Excellency, GoO, Sri M. C Bhandare said, “e-governance would help in improving the quality of governance in the state”.


Notably, the State witnessed a series of changes in 2009 in view of implementation of Right to Information Act, 2005 when RTI Central Monitoring Mechanism (RTI-CMM) was launched. Since its implementation, the system has connected more than 4652 offices into this single network of RTI CMM. There has been a dedicated cell at the department for smooth operation and monitoring of the mechanism in the entire state. The system has been developed and being implemented by Content Service Provider (CSP) to RTI Portal, Luminous Infoways.

SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR MISHRA,
BUREAU CHIEF, THESE DAYS,
ODISHA