Chandigarh Mayor launches three on-line services

In an initiative to provide good facilities to residents in Chandigarh, Mayor Raj Bala Malik today launched three new e-governance services — National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), property tax, and RTI. 

It is aimed at providing online delivery of services, minimising manual intervention, ensuring transparency, 24X7 access to online citizen services and public convenience by eliminating the need for visiting the government offices.

The Mayor launched these services at the Command & Control Centre at the MC building. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, NP Sharma, Chief General Manager, Chandigarh Smart City Limited and other officials concerned were present.

The commissioner said total of 15 e-governance services were now available online. In the National Urban Livelihoods Mission application, citizens or NGOs can raise online applications for different Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs schemes/programmes such as self-employment programme (SEP), social mobilisation and institutional development (SMID), shelters for urban homeless (SUH) and support to urban street vendors (SUSV) programme.

Street vendors can also get themselves registered using this service. Also, department employees will have the privilege of online application approval. Online application for the registration of NGOs and shelter homes is alsoa part of the services launched.

He said residents could see their outstanding property tax, previous payments paid, details of properties and could also pay property tax online. With this application, a dashboard will be provided to MCC officials where they can see the defaulters of the property tax, view area/ sector-wise property tax details of the entire city.

Yadav further said RTI service showcases RTI-related details to the department users.