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Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai -Photo Credit-CG-PR
Vision of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai – Emphasis on giving new impetus to digital revolution for developed Chhattisgarh 2047
Raipur : Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that Electronics and Information Technology has an important contribution in fulfilling the goals of developed Chhattisgarh 2047 along with developed India 2047 and smooth governance with ease, simplicity, speed and transparency.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday July 3, 2025 held an in-depth review meeting of the Electronics and Information Technology Department at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan. During the meeting , he directed the concerned officials to expedite the work like installing new mobile towers and laying fiber network lines in the remote areas of the state, especially Bastar and Surguja divisions. In the coming time, a target has been set to install more than 5,000 mobile towers in the state in a phased manner within the time limit.
The Chief Minister said that through e-District 2.0, 250 other offline services will also be converted into online services while expanding the 85 online services of various departments at present. He said that if people get the benefits of the schemes online from home, it will save time and the cost of going to the office will also be reduced. Along with this, it was also said to upgrade the State Data Center as per Tier-3.
In the meeting, Chief Minister Sai inquired about the progress of major projects run by the department in the state – Atal Monitoring Portal, Niyad Nellnar and L.W.E. Saturation Dashboard, BharatNet Phase-2, Chhattisgarh State Data Center (CGSDC), Aadhar Enrollment In-House Model, e-District 2.0, CG Swan, e-Procurement and Capacity Building and other schemes.
Principal Secretary Electronics and IT Department Niharika Barik presenting a report of achievements -Photo Credit -CG-PR
During the meeting Principal Secretary Niharika Barik presented the details of the important achievements attained by the department in the last one and a quarter years. She informed that the tender process for the upgradation of the data center which was pending for the last 4 years was completed, the Mineral 2.0 portal went live, the Wi-Fi Ministry Scheme and e-District Portal were successfully launched. Along with the proposal of Bharatnet Phase-2 project was sent to the Government of India and by creating the Atal Monitoring Portal Dashboard, KPIs of 100 schemes of 19 departments have been displayed in it.
Principal Secretary of Electronics and Information Technology Department, Niharika Barik Singh, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Subodh Singh, Secretary to the Chief Minister Rahul Bhagat, Chief Executive Officer of CHIPS Prabhat Malik and other senior officers of the department were present on the occasion .
