NHAI to curb red-tapism and enhance transparency; will use software to track delays in files processing
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to deploy software to curb red-tapism and enhance transparency! Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the software will be deployed specifically to track files that will pin-point officials behind delays in disposing of matters.
According to the minister, this will be a part of several measures to enhance efficiency as well as transparency at NHAI. The authority, in the month of June last year, had said that it has become the first construction sector organization to go ‘fully digital’ with cloud-based Data Lake Software. Gadkari was quoted in a PTI report saying that red-tapism will no longer be tolerated as delayed decision-making results in losses.
According to the Road Transport and Highways Minister, in order to eradicate red-tapism, the ministry will be introducing software that will specifically detect how much time has been taken by one particular official in disposing of any file. He further said that work should happen corruption-free, efficiently, and timely.
Those officials who do not take decisions in a time-bound manner will be tracked, Gadkari stated. The minister also warned of stern action against such officials.
