The government yesterday launched an initiative to ensure online-filing of documents to increase efficiency and transparency at public offices.
The “e-filing” initiative was formally inaugurated at the ICT Division under the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and Information.
The launching programme at the city’s ICT Division office was attended by prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who was addressed as the adviser to the prime minister at the programme, along with Telecom Minister Abdul Latif Siddique and State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
Ministry officials said the e-filing initiative has been introduced as the government wants to bring transparency and efficiency to the public service.
“It will at the same time reduce the use of paper, creating an environment-friendly situation in offices,” State Minister Palak said.
He claimed that at least 90% work could be done through this initiative to create a paperless office, adding that anyone located outside their working station or even outside the country would be able to release files through the network.
The ICT Division has already given the required passwords to all the secretaries, who would now be able to use the facility.
The government has already delivered some service on the district-level through e-filing, while all ministries would also provide e-filing services soon, a senior official of the ICT Division informed.
In the program, ICT Division officials also presented their projects and different initiatives.
Speaking on the World Bank’s intervention and monitoring of the delay in the Hi-tech park project, which started on 2001 on World Bank’s loan, Joy said: “We only take loans from them and pay it back with interests. We never beg. So we are not bound to obey their decision.”
He added that money could be arranged from other sources if the World Bank was not willing to provide the loan.
“During the last five years, our economy has become stronger and we are not a beggar county at all; so we will establish our projects the way we want to do it,” he added.
Joy also claimed that e-filing would reduce corruption and allow the government to work faster than before.
