AP to go paper-less all out

Andhra Pradesh led the way in the country by becoming the first government to adopt e-Cabinet meeting. The first of its kind system is being adopted by the Union Cabinet as well. As a next bid, the state government is planning to introduce e-Office system in all the thirteen districts of the state.

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The new system will be introduced on a pilot basis in all 13 districts in June. The government is planning to adopt it fully from July, the Chief Minister announced at the two-day conference of district collectors in Vijayawada. The district administration already got 2,23,582 files with 1,72,40,119 pages scanned for it.

Another 2,02,193 files would also be digitized soon. The state government is also mulling to constitute a Cyber Security wing to ensure safety of the electronic files. Employees associations are also embracing this change were happy with the e-Office system will bring in lot of ease in their work.