Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday inaugurated the 22nd National Conference on e-Governance here.
At the inaugural programme of the Conference, Singh said the Centre has done away with the need to certify documents by officials, a legacy of the British empire, and over 1500 obsolete rules and regulations, making government functioning efficient and citizen-friendly.
The Union minister of state (independent charge) for development of north eastern region (DoNER) said the government has undertaken projects like the IRCTC Rail connect app and UMANG app of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Addressing the Conference, being held for the first ever in the North East, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma described how important it is for achieving effective citizen centric governance.
He said, "It is not the best technology that matters, but it is how best the available technology is applied for the larger good of the masses."
MeitY Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney gave a presentation on how public digital platforms have transformed the nature of public service delivery in the country.
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He cited the example of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) that saved about Rs 1 lakh crore of tax payers' money since its inception.
Sawhney did not mention the year of inception, but the DBT website says it was started on January 1, 2013 for simpler and faster flow of funds and to ensure accurate targeting of the beneficiaries, de-duplication and reduction of fraud.
He also said how digital payment has been revolutionised by the BHIM UPI App and how government procurement has been made transparent by the Government e- Market (GEM) platform.
A total of 28 states and all the union territories participated in the Conference.
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