Thanks to the state government’s IT initiative in governance, all the transactions of the state treasury department will soon go online, ending the delay in getting your pension or salary.
The treasury department on Tuesday signed an MoU with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for Khajane II project, in the presence of chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda.
The project would be implemented on a pilot basis at 10 centres of the treasury department from April 2012 and would be extended to the entire state by 2013.
“The project will benefit citizens in paying their taxes, fees for various services, monitor their contributions to pension funds, and insurance schemes of the state government. It will help in instant payment of salaries and pension for state government employees and clearing of the bills for contractors through electronic clearance system,” said, principal secretary of finance department, NV Nagarajan.
The project would also help in speedy implementation of various projects and welfare programmes as the ministers and secretaries of respective departments could get instantaneous details on quantum of funds utilised for the project and take immediate action in case of any slack in funds utilisation.
Khajane II will cover about 24,000 disbursing centres of the treasury department helping real-time clearance of about 40 lakh vouchers, 80 lakh challans, pension of lakhs of retired government employees and salaries of over 6 lakh state government employees.
Gowda, appreciating the initiative, requested TCS officials to implement the project at the earliest as it would bring greater transparency and efficiency in financial management.
Khajane II will bring in tighter integration between various wings of government and also network external agencies like the accountant general’s office, Reserve Bank of India, commercial banks and post offices.
Treasuries and banks will be able to interact online through a secured
network and share information in a real-time environment avoiding delays.
