Tribune News Service

Moga, May 8

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has issued mandatory orders to all offices of the state government that they must start working on e-office to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 in the state.

It will not only minimise the movement of public in the government offices, but also help the departments to prepare charts to call minimum required staff on rotation basis in the offices. Preference may also be given to work from home on e-office platform, if possible, as per the work schedule, the Chief Minister opined.

The Chief Minister has fixed May 31 as the final deadline to switch over to e-office in all state government offices of the state, including field offices. Instructions to this effect have already been issued to the department heads through their principal secretaries.

These orders have also reached at all district headquarters for implementation. Punjab Additional Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari, who is also financial commissioner (development), while issuing the orders to the officials of his department, has stated that the Department of Governance Reforms has started providing online training for working on e-office platform at “dgrpunjab.webex.com/join/dgr” from Monday to Friday between 10 am and 1 pm. All officials at the state headquarters and at the district levels must obtain training to meet the deadline fixed by the Chief Minister, Tiwari added. He said anyone who has any query can email at “eoffice.helpdesk@punjab.gov.in” with a copy to “gagan.goyal@punjab.gov.in”. They could also contact Parminder Pal Singh, Director, Governance Reforms, on his mobile number (918283840369).