Uttarakhand’s education department launched an e-governance portal – “Samarth”  .

• Main objective of the portal is to provide all administrative and educational updates, including information on entrance examinations, salary structures, appointments from five state universities and 140 public schools.
• According to the officials, the initiative has been taken to make the education system in the state more transparent.
• Talking about the initiative, Minister of Education Dhan Singh Rawat at the launch event said: “All information related to the department is now available with one click.