Imphal, July 22: Director of Information Technology Government of Manipur today assures to update all government department web-site in the next couple of months. Speaking to media persons during the series of interaction programme organized by DIPR, officials of the IT department stated that most of the government department websites are outdated. So the IT department is working out to update it with the latest technology in the next couple of month.
The official further added that Manipur being the centre of the act east policy of government of India finds itself in a prime position of opportunity by virtue of being the gateway to the Myanmar and ASEAN countries and has been strengthened by number of treaties/ agreement with Myanmar and other south East Asian countries including India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway, removal of restriction in tradable commodities for border trade and duty free tariff preference for least developed countries like Myanmar.
They further said that the IT Department has also taken up a state wide area network under perspectives of Digital India which will connect all government offices in the state in one single network. Already all district HQs and 17 Block HQs are connected but the network is yet to be extended to the government offices. DIT Manipur is taking up a project in the next 2-3 month which will connect all government offices in Manipur over an optical fiber cable (OFC) Network which will be the backbone over which all e-governance application will ride in.
He further added that public will get application and issue of certificates like Birth and death certificates, OBC/SC/ST certificates, Income Certificate, Domicile/ Permanent Residential certificate etc under E-District project online.
Government of Manipur, in view of the scenario highlighted above and also keeping in perspective that the only Industries that can be taken up successfully in Manipur are IT and Tourism, has embarked on a number of Initiative to establish a nascent but successful IT Industry in Manipur. With this aim, Department of IT has been established in Sept. 2009
