Digital India in Action

States-Haryana 2015
HARYANA STATE
Vijayendra Kumar, IAS
STATE SUMMARY
Haryana Government is working according to the principles of ‘SabkaSaath-
SabkaVikas’ and ‘Minimum Government - Maximum Governance’ laid down by the
honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. State Government has taken steps to
bring total transparency in its working and has declared zero tolerance for
corruption, and to provide equal opportunities to all sections of society irrespective
of class, caste and creed. While creating job opportunities and promoting investment,
Haryana Government is ensuring equitable distribution of resources.
State Government has harnessed Information Technology to improve the service
delivery mechanism to its citizens. The state Government is of the firm belief that IT
provides an effective way to curb corruption by reducing the citizen–Government
employee interface as well as inefficiency and discretionary powers at different
levels.
The Secretariat for Information Technology, NIC–Haryana State Centre and
HARTRON, has been pro-actively providing Value Added ICT services and
facilitating the line departments in implementing key ICT initiatives &eGovernance
Projects in Haryana and assisting them on all technical aspects. The joint efforts of
SIT, NIC &State government line departments on conceptualization, strategic
planning, design & development of key ICT initiatives and deployment, capacity
building and implementation of ICT / eGovernance projects & services, significantly
helped in; (a) Spreading ICT awareness & usage across entire state of Haryana, (b)
Bringing transparency & accountability in delivery of Citizen services, (c) Raising
image of Haryana in eGovernance at National and International levels and receiving
more than 40 prestigious National Awards/ Accolades in ICT &eGovernance. The
state has undertaken a number of key ICT initiatives and successfully implemented
various eGovernance projects, under digital Haryana initiatives, some of which
include
The Revenue department has taken IT initiatives like Integrated Property
Registration & Land Records to minimize mutations pendency & introduced a
campaign to reduce mutations pendency to zero. The new Deed Registration System
is a significant step in this direction. Implemented all over Haryana, it shall put an
end to the harassment of the public and ensure timely delivery of this service to the
citizens. The e-appointment for property registration to bring greater transparency,
and is working towards replacing the physical ecosystem of deed registration
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