Bhubaneswar: In another step towards the realization of the 5T charter, the Odisha government on Wednesday launched the e-Gazette portal.
Lunching the portal at the Lok Seva Bhawan here, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said the e-Gazette will expedite the process of gazette publication and make it error-free and paperless. He directed all departments to make use of the portal for all gazette notifications.
Presenting details of the system, principal secretary, Commerce & Transport G Srinivas said that the e-gazette will provide the facility for department-wise and subject-wise search of the notifications. Instead of running to Government Press or the Lok Seva Bhawan to get a copy of the gazette, one can have it by logging on to http://egazetteodisha.nic.in
The e-Gazette portal has been designed using information technology for making the government gazette eco-friendly. Such e-publication is also covered under Section-8 of IT Act, 2000, which provides it with the legal status.
The user departments would register themselves in the portal and upload their content material, which would be scrutinized by the Government Press as per the norms. The number and date of the gazette would also be there on the portal. The electronic signature e-sign has been introduced for better and secure authentication of the intending departments for avoiding the possibility of any manipulation in the contents. The system, developed by NIC is first of its kind in the country.
The Odisha gazette is a weekly public journal and an authorized legal document of the state government published every Friday. Extraordinary issues are also published as and when required depending upon urgency of the matter for publication.
