'Penalty proceedings' against 55 officers for delay in delivery of services in J&K: Official
The HinduThe Jammu and Kashmir administration has initiated "penalty proceedings" against 55 officers for alleged delay on their part in delivery of various services in the revenue department, a senior official said. This step has been taken by the administration to ensure time-bound delivery of online services, e-services being covered under the Public Services Guarantee Act with linkage to Auto-Appeal System which escalates breach of timeline cases to the next authority for action against defaulting officer, they said. "To ensure time-bound delivery of online services, e-services are progressively being covered under the PSGA with linkage to AAS which escalates breach of timeline cases to the next authority for action against defaulting officer", Commissioner-Secretary General Administration Department Sanjeev Verma said at the meeting. The Commissioner Secretary said that following the government's resolve to make government-to-citizen interactions more transparent and accessible through 1075 e-services, which is highest in the country, along with related IT initiatives such as MobileDost, Rapid Assessment System, DigiDost for doorstep delivery of e-services, linking of services with DigiLocker, there has been "immense progress in mitigating corruption".