Kejri govt switches to digital gazette notification

The Arvind Kejriwal government has again shown its commitment for green issues and discontinued use of paper from May 1 for publishing state gazette notifications.

The introduction of digital publication of gazette notifications sets apart the Aam Aadmi Party government for its commitment towards paperless operations, an initiative which has not been attempted by many state governments.

According to the new system in place, the administration wing does not send hard copies of notifications, received from different departments, to the Mayapuri-based government press for printing the gazette.

The documents related to notifications are now signed and scanned as image files by the department heads before being forwarded to the General Administration Department (GAD) and the IT wing for the e-gazette.

The GAD has also informed all department heads, Assembly secretariat, Delhi High Court’s joint registrar, the power regulator and election department officials about the paperless initiative.

GAD Deputy Secretary Amitabh Kundoo issued an advisory to all departments, saying “hard copy of gazette notification will not be accepted by the GAD” from May 1.
In an earlier initiative, the city government had allotted digital signatures to all administrative officers.

The files related to cabinet decisions are also completely paperless to help the Chief Minister monitor their progress online.

The public grievance management system also is based on a strong IT platform with minimal requirement for paperwork from the stage a complaint is filed. The follow up by department officials on each complaint can also be monitored online.

Earlier in the year, the Education Department bought computer tablets for its text books bureau.

Almost a dozen tablets are being procured by Delhi Bureau of Text Books (DBTB) which deals with printing free books for government school students.

The 3G calling tablets were procured for use by officials and content experts to speed up syllabus revision for government school books.

As part of paperless ga-zette notification plan, the GAD has informed all departments that it would not send the printed gazette booklet any more.

The departments have been asked to download the published gazette notifications from the Delhi government portal or an eGazette link.