Bhubaneswar: Embarking on a new era of e-Governance in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the Online Incentive Management System developed by Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC).
“This is perhaps the first time any state has created a platform for incentive management for IT/electronics industries in a faceless manner through an online platform. These initiatives are not just about technology; they are about making governance more accessible, transparent, and user-friendly for everyone,” the CM said.
This online incentive management system portal will facilitates submission of application by entrepreneurs to get their incentives sanctioned under Odisha’s IT, Electronics, Data Centre, BPO and Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless policies. With the help of this online portal, a company will be able to submit its application any day during the week, 24 hours a day. The online portal facilitates real-time tracking of application status and notifies the applicants with email/SMS on submission of application as well as in various levels of processing, a CMO release said.
The Electronics & Information Technology Department, in collaboration with NASSCOM and other industry bodies, will be conducting hands-on training programmes for IT/ITeS/Electronics establishments on the usage of this online portal, it added.
The CM also inaugurated the new district websites, which have been developed under the robust – ‘Standardized Website Framework’ (SWF) in line with the transformational 5T initiative. Currently, all 30 district portals have been developed within this framework, aiming to present a unified face of Odisha and deliver an integrated web experience for citizens across all government websites.
The CM said that the launch new websites for all the 30 districts underpinned by SWF is another step in the state’s technological transformation. “The new websites are extremely user friendly for all demographic segments of society. These initiatives are going to strengthen our resolve on more transparency and efficiency and will act as true models of 5T governance which has set a new benchmark in the nation.”
Among others, 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman Kartik Pandian, Minister of Electronics and IT Tusharkanti Behera and Principal Secretary, E&IT Department & Managing Director, OCAC, Manoj Kumar Mishra were present.
