Senior officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India have appreciated and expressed great satisfaction that Meghalaya being a small State could implement a very cutting-edge technology solution, which several other Indian states could not.
They also said that the Meghalaya government has gained through the digital transformation wherein schemes are being sanctioned 36 per cent faster than last year. According to them, bills are getting prepared 120 times faster while disbursements are being made 14 times faster.
The officials were speaking at the Digital India North East Regional Workshop held today at the State Convention Centre here.The event witnessed the attendance of senior officials of the MeitY, National e-Governance Division (NeGD), National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of DONER and representatives from all North East states.
Senior officials from Government of Meghalaya presented Meghalaya Enterprise Architecture (MeghEA) and its implementation success story.
The dignitaries commended the Meghalaya government for integrating a complex topic such as enterprise architecture within the IndEA line. They said that Meghalaya is the greatest example of implementing Enterprise architecture like IndEA.
Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India in his speech highlighted that MeghEA is an inspiring example for the whole nation where technology led to reforms for the betterment of people. He also said that Meghalaya has indeed made the entire nation proud by winning the United Nations WSIS award.
Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics, Government of India mentioned that Enterprise Architecture is all about creating reusable building blocks.
“Just as other nations seek to emulate India’s achievements with UPI and DigiLocker, we must strive to replicate such transformative projects domestically,” he said.
“Globally nations are looking at India for such implementation and now Meghalaya’s eProposal System is another example of such transformative implementations,” Singh added.
Meghalaya Chief Secretary Donald P. Wahlang in his keynote address mentioned that government expenditure has increased almost three times because of efficiency gain in internal processes.
Wahlang also mentioned that this has led to enormous impact and currently, 4.35 lakh women are part of SHGs which was less than 60,000 earlier.
“Similarly, the State has connected 4.9 lakh households with functional tap water connections, which were all possible due to improved efficiencies through digital transformations,” he said.
Commissioner & Secretary Vijay Kumar Secretary Cyril Darlong Diengdoh gave presentations on the eProposal System and Digital Service Platform (to soon go live) respectively.
The presentations showcased how Meghalaya achieved the feat through collaboration, team work and leveraging digital technologies.
Digital service platform presentation included Meghalaya suited solutions to deliver services even to the households in the remotest villages. The entire gamut of solution mesmerised the audience and if successfully implemented would be another feather in the crown.
