01-03-2021 | 15:47 PM
Defence Minister launched e-Chhawani Portal
Context
On February 16, the Defence Minister of India launched the e-Chhawani portal and mobile app in New Delhi. The portal has been created to provide online civic services to over 20 lakh residents of 62 Cantonment Boards across the country.
Key Highlights
The portal was jointly developed by eGov Foundation, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE) and National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Through the portal, the residents of cantonment areas will be able to avail basic services like renewal of leases, application for birth & death certificates, water & sewerage connections, trade licences, mobile toilet locators and payment of different types of taxes and fees, with just a click of a button.
E-Chhawani portal is an innovative effort to transform the functioning of Cantonment Boards, in line with the vision of ‘New India’.
This portal will ensure effectiveness and transparency of the services distribution system of the Cantonment Boards and provide time-bound solutions to the residents.
With the launch of this portal, the residents of Cantonment areas can now register their complaints with respect to the civic issues and the portal would also help in resolving the complaints regarding the civic issues from home.
This portal will work with the objective of refining the system and improving the Ease of Living for people.
The concerned officers are told to periodically gather the feedback of beneficiaries in order to make the portal more citizen friendly.
Cantonment Board
The cantonment board is a civic administration body which functions under the Ministry of Defence in India.
The board is constituted of the elected members, ex-officio members and nominated members in accordance with the Cantonments Act, 2006.
The members of the board are elected for five years.
The board comprises the eight elected members and three nominated military members.
It also comprises the three ex-officio members namely, the garrison engineer, station commander and the senior executive medical officer besides one representative from the district magistrate.
The cantonment boards are grouped into four categories on the basis of the civil population as - Above 50,000; 10,000 to 50, 000; 2500 to 10, 000 and below 2500.
