BARAMULLA: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Dr. Syed SehrishAsgar today presided over a meeting of concerned officers at Dak Bungalow here to review the preparations for celebration of Digital J&K Week-2023, being observed across J&K from first week of September for the empowerment of people.
Speaking on the occasion, the DC stated that the Digital Programme was started with the goal of transforming J&K into a society that is empowered by technology.
She reaffirmed that the introduction of e-services has considerably benefited the general public and increased openness in how government agencies operate.
On this occasion, the DC laid out plans for the celebration of Digital Week, during which it was announced that the departments would offer online services by setting up booths for the convenience of the general public and organize literacy and awareness campaigns across the district to inform residents about the various government programmes and services offered online so they could benefit from all of these community-focused initiatives.
Moreover, District Heads were also given instructions on how to celebrate the Digital Week by launching campaigns to promote their online services while working with the District Administration. They were instructed to designate Nodal Officers in this regard as well.
The DC further emphasized upon the concerned officers to involve PRIs, Students and Field Functionaries for generating awareness on Online Service Delivery during the digital week.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Zahoor Ahmad Raina; Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore, Shabir Ahmad Raina; Joint Director Planning, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, SDMs of Pattan, Uri besides other functionaries of all concerned departments were present in the meeting.
