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Officials told to be computer savvy

KADAPA: Wipro manager Satyajit Rao exhorted officials on Wednesday to become computer savvy and optimally utilise technology to extend better services to the people.

Addressing officials in a district-level workshop on “e-governance” at the Collectorate's mini-conference hall, Mr. Rao said government officials should extend speedy and qualitative services to people, as their needs were changing rapidly. Kadapa and Nalgonda districts were chosen under a pilot project and being trained. Every employee who was entrusted a task should have basic knowledge in order to discharge the duties effectively. e-governance would promote transparency, simple mode and speed and help extend all types of services at a place, Mr. Satyajit Rao said.

Updating data on the website, contacting through e mail, online booking, receipt of applications were in progress, he said.

Data of every department was incorporated in the State database and linkage was being provided under A.P. Swan and it was an attempt to ensure that a uniform policy was adopted at the mandal and city-level all over the country, the Wipro Manager said.

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