New Delhi, July 11: The Centre has decided that e-office will be implemented in all its attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies as part of the 100-day agenda of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), an official statement issued on Thursday said.

Between 2019 and 2024, the adoption of e-office gained significant momentum in the central secretariat with 37 lakh files i.e., 94 per cent of files being handled as e-files and 95 per cent of receipts being handled as e-receipts, it said. E-Office Management System Launched in Bodoland Territorial Council; 35 Lakh To Benefit.

"In the backdrop of the successful implementation of the e-office platform in the central secretariat, government has decided that e-office will be implemented in all attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies of the government of India as part of DARPG's 100-days agenda of government," said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.

As many as 133 attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies were identified for implementation following inter-ministerial consultations. The DARPG had issued the guidelines for adoption of e-office in attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies on June 24, 2024.

The on-boarding roadmap and technical modalities were discussed in an inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Secretary DARPG, V Srinivas and attended by officials of all ministries/departments and senior officers of 133 attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies, the statement said. Union Budget 2024: PM Narendra Modi Meets Economists To Elicit Their Views and Suggestions Ahead of Budget for 2024-25 (Watch Video).

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) team, led by Rachna Srivastava, Deputy Director General, NIC presented the procedural technicalities for the implementation of e-office, it said.

It was decided that all ministries/departments will coordinate with their attached, subordinate offices and autonomous bodies will appoint nodal officers, establish data centres and submit requisitions to NIC on number of users/licences for time-bound on-boarding of e-office as part of the government's 100-day agenda, the statement said.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)