Coming up in Chandigarh, a unified portal for 252 citizen services

Announced in November 2023, the comprehensive web portal for 252 services from Chandigarh administration’s 26 departments is set to be rolled out in a week. Residents will no longer need to navigate between different websites to access services from various departments, said Ramesh Gupta, state information officer at National Informatics Centre, Chandigarh. Now, the UT adviser will review it, following which we hope to launch it in the coming week,” said Ramesh Gupta, state information officer at National Informatics Centre, Chandigarh, that has spearheaded the portal’s development. Among the key departments featured on the portal are the engineering department, Estate Office, excise department, Registering and Licensing Authority, e-Sampark, social welfare department and municipal corporation. At 26, the excise and taxation department has the maximum number of services, followed by the transport department, Estate Office, social welfare, food and civil supplies and legal metrology, Pollution Control Committee, labour, Deputy Commissioner’s Office 12, education department 11, engineering department, Chandigarh Housing Board, e-Sampark, municipal corporation, health, State Agriculture Marketing Board, Drug Controller & Licensing Authority, sports department, technical education, Zila Sainik Welfare and agriculture.