The AAP Government will again send its proposal for the ambitious ‘doorstep delivery of services scheme’ to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for approval, with a detailed reply to each objection raised by him, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said.
The scheme is currently at the centre of tussle between the L-G and the Delhi Government with Dy CM Manish Sisodia asking Baijal if he was trying to “protect” the corrupt system by opposing the proposal.
Recently, Baijal had returned the proposal to the Government asking to reconsider it and raised several objections.
“We will again send the doorstep delivery proposal to the Lt Governor with detailed replies to all objections in the next few days,” Kejriwal said. The Chief Minister said that the Government is currently preparing a response to the L-G’s objections, adding that the proposal was good for Delhiites.
Under the proposal, Government wants to provide 40 services at the doorstep of citizens, including driving licence, ration cards, caste certificates among others.
It may noted that the Lt Governor had said the present proposal had implications on safety and security of women and senior citizens, privacy, loss of documents, and it added unnecessary expenditure for the Government and the people.
In response to the objections, Sisodia had said that despite the online service system, people had to visit department offices once or twice to submit their documents.