Not so smart… bureaucracy puts brakes on smart Raj

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s ambitious Rs 125 crore project Smart Raj is progressing at slower than snail’s pace because of the apathy of the officials of the local-self department and the system implementation partner involved in this online project. Out of the budgeted amount of Rs 125 crore, only Rs 2.5 crore worth of work has been executed.

The Smart Raj project is the use of web-based improved technology online 24×7 with uniformity across the state.

The Smart Raj project provides Ease of Governance where it would be possible to post circulars, orders, monitoring of projects, budgeting etc. This portal will provide 22 services online support.

The objective of this project is to create a state-wide integrated system connecting all ULBs to provide all services on-line through single portal.single window services to citizens on anytime, anywhere basis by increasing the efficiency and productivity of ULBs

The Ease of Doing Business is top priority of the chief minister and she cleared this project with a lot of hope. This project in three phases was scheduled to be completed by August 4, next year.

But the project is far behind the deadline and the …read more