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01/12/22 07:02 AM IST

Paperless Saharsa is Bihar’s new showcase district

In News 
  • Saharsa became the first district in Bihar to be declared paperless (e-office) with an aim to end the Great Indian Red Tape.
About E-office 
  • E-Office is a Mission-Mode project as part of e-Governance Initiatives.
  • The e-office initiative goes back to 2009, but the towering piles of paperwork were–and still are–a hurdle too high to cross.
  • Idukki in Kerala became paperless in 2012 and Hyderabad in 2016.
  • It aims to significantly improve the operational efficiency of Government Ministries and Departments through improvement in the workflow mechanism and office procedure manuals.
Red Tape 
  • It is a derisive term for excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making.
  • It is usually applied to the government but can also be applied to other organisations like corporations.
  • It generally includes the filling out of seemingly unnecessary paperwork, obtaining of unnecessary licenses, having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one’s affairs slower and/or more difficult.
Consequences 
  • In addition to time and money spent filling out forms, red tape reduces productivity and innovation in businesses.
  • Small businesses are particularly burdened by this and may discourage people from starting up a new business.
  • Because of red tape, contracts are not enforced consistently, and administration is delayed, resulting in delayed justice, especially for the poor.
  • The delays caused by government processing and the costs associated with them remain a source of dissatisfaction among citizens.
  • According to a World Bank study, corruption increases with increasing red tape.
  • By complicating the normal flow of businesses, bureaucracy breeds corruption and lowers growth.
Source- Indian Express 

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