By 121 News Reporter
Mohali 20th January:- Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia inaugurating a unique e stamping project conceived to end people harassment and also make revenue transactions safe and secure. The initiative, which was conceived and custom built for the requirements of Punjab under the guidance of Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, will also bring in efficiency and transparency in the working of the Revenue department which will now be able to do online reconciliation of its transactions on a daily basis.
Speaking on the occasion after launching the e-stamping project, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, congratulated the Revenue department for the people friendly step and said the government would introduce e registration in the next six months to compliment this measure. "E registration coupled with e stamping will result in complete computerisation of the Revenue department", he said. Sukhbir Singh Badal also announced that by July this year all government to government interaction and government to consumer services will be made computerised and Punjab will be the first State to do this. He also disclosed that besides computerisation of district offices, the State would establish Sewa Kendras in all wards. These Sewa Kendras will provide relevant services within a given time frame and remove corruption automatically. Moreover citizens can even get all services by going online and need not go to anyone after July.
Bikram Singh Majithia while briefing an august gathering about the e stamping project. He said the project had been conceived to make it easy for the common man to buy or sell property. You will now be able to deposit the stamp paper fee at thousands of branches of various banks near your place of work or residence. He said besides this people would now be able to deposit the exact fee in stark contrast to being forced to buy stamps of more denomination than needed due to lack of availability and creation of artificial scarcity. Further explaining the positive transformation which had taken place in the Revenue department with the launch of this initiative, Bikram Singh Majithia said that now there will be no lines for procuring stamp papers or any middlemen. The common man can deposit the stamp fee through a wire transfer, a draft or even a cheque. He also explained that this facility would now be available without any extra cost. "In fact the public will get some relief as they will no longer have to pay commission charges to the bank responsible for issuing stamp papers, as was happening till now".
Others present on the occasion included Mahesinder Singh Grewal, Advisor to Chief Minister, Punjab, NK Sharma, Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioner.
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