e-Cabinet System
Source: Indian Express
GS II: e-Governance
Overview
- News in Brief
- About e-Cabinet System
Why in the News?
The Chief Minister of Tripura has recently introduced an e-cabinet system.
- Making it the fourth state in India to advance the development of digital infrastructure and the digitization of government services and information.
News in Brief
- The Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Saha, inaugurated an electronic cabinet system in Agartala recently.
- It aimed at fostering the development of digital infrastructure and the digitization of government services and information.
- With this development, Tripura has become the fourth state in India, and the second in the Northeast region, following Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh, to implement an electronic cabinet system.
- Instead of paper ministers and bureaucrats will utilize tablets for these meetings.
- During the inaugural electronic cabinet meeting, the government approved a proposal to secure a loan of Rs 160 crore from the Asian Development Bank.
- It’s worth noting that the Asian Development Bank has previously provided low-interest soft loans to the government and collaborated on various developmental projects.
About e-Cabinet System
- The e-cabinet system is a digital portal utilized by both Union and state governments to conduct Cabinet meetings electronically.
- It was developed by the National Information Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) and was initially launched in 2020.
- This system automates workflow activities before, during, and after meetings, thereby enhancing security through a push-and-pull mechanism.
- It also serves as an institutional memory and knowledge repository, enabling rapid search and retrieval of information or data.
- Additionally, it generates all meeting outputs and outcomes electronically at each stage, leading to savings in resources that would otherwise be expended on paper, fuel, and manpower.
- This, in turn, reduces the carbon footprint and mitigates adverse environmental impacts.
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