Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today said that technology plays a crucial role in governance as it has helped in monitoring the different programmes and initiatives of the government and aided in effective service delivery to the people.
Delivering his address during the second day of the Global Dialogue Security Summit being held in Shillong, the chief minister spoke on the different aspects of a digitally connected world and cited the example of ‘MOTHER’ programme in the State.
“With the use of technology to monitor pregnant mothers in the state through the ‘MOTHER’ programme, the government has been able to increase the institutional deliveries. We will be touching almost 70 per cent in the next three years and even the maternal mortality has come down,” he stated.
When it comes to road projects technology and the internet, the chief minister said this has helped to gather data and monitor the progress of critical road infrastructure being implemented in the State.
The Chief Minister also said that reaping the benefits of the information age requires that information networks and systems to be stable, reliable, available and trusted, adding, that the integrity security and stability of cyberspace in general requires concerted action from all.
He also said that information and technology has opened avenues for self-employment especially for the youth of the region and it is in the best interest that these opportunities are utilised to usher in better economic growth of the region and the country as whole.
