CS stresses on online issuance of ‘Life Certificate’ & bringing eligible services under Auto-appeal till June 15

Srinagar : Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday stressed on making the issuance of ‘Life Certificate’ online and bringing all other eligible services under the Auto-appeal system by 15th of June.
Dr Mehta made these remarks while launching new online services of H&UDD pertaining to applying for obtaining license by Architects and Draftsmen in Municipal Corporations of Jammu/Srinagar and all the Municipalities across J&K.
On the occasion Principal Secretary, H&UDD; Commissioner Secretary, GAD; Commissioner Secretary, IT, Commissioner, JMC; CEO, JaKeGA; Scientists from NIC besides other concerned officers were present either physically or virtually through video conferencing from Jammu.
The Chief Secretary lauded the efforts of the IT Department and local chapter of NIC for development of all these services in-house with their own expertise and resources. He said that the performance of the Department is excellent with more to be done in the days ahead.
He advised the concerned to further expedite the auto appeal feature on the national platform of Serviceplus. He asked them to onboardatleast 100 services on this portal by next week and all the eligible services under the Auto-appeal system by 15th of next month.
He also directed for all incorporating of all required improvement relating to the departmental websites by upgrading their content and utility besides making them compliant with the standards set under National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA). He asked them to improve their ratings by bringing all the services and portals at par with their guidelines so that our score reaches the optimum range of 1 within this time period.
The Commissioner Secretary, IT, PrernaPuri informed the meeting that by launching these 6 services of H&UDD Wednesday the number of online services offered by the J&K reached to 480 on Wednesday. She apprised tgat all these services have been linked with payment and SMS gateways for ease of applicants.
She further added that soon more services would be made online as these have been identified for development and in coming weeks the number of such services is going to touch 500 mark here.
During the meeting the Chief Secretary also reviewed the progress made in development of services like online FIR registration, online billing of water connections besides other services.
He enjoined upon the officers that by offering services online and bringing them into the ambit of Auto-appeal system is not only ensuring their timely delivery but weeding out of corruption and malpractices from government offices. He observed that with the system of auto-escalation under PSGA in place both the quality and delivery of services to public would improve a lot as is reflected from the statistics of services brought under this prudent system during the past year or so.
Rains lash Valley, Jammu parts again
Weatherman Says “more rains for next 2 days, improvement from June 3
Srinagar : The intermittent rainfall on Wednesday lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, bringing down the mercury across the Union Territory while the weatherman here has predicted more rains till June 02.
Reports said that the intermittent light rainfall continued in J&K parts on Wednesday.
The erratic weather conditions continued across J&K for the past over two weeks now, bringing down the maximum temperature in the Union Territory.
However, Director Meteorological department (MeT), Sonum Lotus said that there is a possibility of intermittent light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning at many places.
The possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds at a few places during the period cannot be ruled out, he said.
Nonetheless, the Director MeT predicted improvement in the weather conditions from June 3 onwards, saying that there is no major forecast of any major rainfall in J&K.
“The weather would remain mainly dry but rain and thunderstorms at isolated places can’t be ruled out,” he said.
Moreover, Lotus issued advisory for the farmers, advising them to suspend all the farm operations till June 02, 2023.
He further stated that the possibility of rain and snow may lead to temporary disruption of traffic over vulnerable places. “All concerned are advised to remain cautious and alert,” he said