Nagaland Chief Secretary tells officials to improve ease of doing business

Dimapur, July 16 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Secretary J Alam on Saturday pointed out on the need to reduce human interference and create an environment that will improve the citizens’ ease of doing business with the government.

He said this during the review meeting of the Transport department at the Chief Secretary’s Conference Hall, Kohima, according to an update from DIPR.

‘Offices across the state should go online, be citizen-friendly, facilitate cashless transaction, reduce the waiting period and create a robust system to deliver better and efficient governance without compromising on any regulatory requirements,’ Alam said, adding that “it will also ease the process of office functioning and bring transparency”.

He also asked the Transport department to coordinate with the Information Technology and Communication (IT&C) department and work towards achieving these goals.

On the issue of vehicles plying without registration number plates, the department was asked to strictly enforce the legal provisions.

To improve road safety, the chief secretary said signage easily visible to the drivers should be erected on all the roads across the state.

While lauding the department for the revenue generated, he also stressed on the need ‘to put in place the online payment gateway at the earliest for ease of transactions and to avoid inconvenience to the service users’.

The Motor Vehicles department, in its presentation, gave a brief overview of the its administrative setup, activities, visions, and ongoing projects at the meeting, it was informed.

It added that Additional Chief Secretary and Finance Commissioner; Principal Secretary, IT&C; and other senior officers of the Transport department attended the meeting.