Centre directs all 8 North Eastern States to set-up e-office

Centre has directed all the 8 North Eastern States to set up e-office in a stipulated timeframe. The announcement was made by Union Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh. The e-office project will be a cardinal pillar of Digital India.
The e-office project is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance”.
The e-office will ensure ease of administration, transparency, and citizen-centric delivery mechanism.
So far, 55 Ministries in the Government of India have implemented the e-office.
GoI also assured that all technical and financial support to achieve the e-office mission to be implemented right from Civil Secretariat to the District level in all the States.
The implementation of e-Office will creation a paperless State Secretariats in a time-bound manner where officers would be empowered with virtual private networks, digital signature certificates, and promote less contact governance.