All ministers should avail new system for greater transparency and time savings: CM Dr. Yadav

Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav today introduced a new innovation in Madhya Pradesh by distributing tablets to all members of the Council of Ministers during the Cabinet meeting. He stated that complete information related to Cabinet proceedings would now be made available digitally. The distribution of tablets to Cabinet members and corresponding secretaries during the Cabinet meeting held at Mantralaya on Tuesday. The ministers received the tablets and expressed their appreciation and thanked the Chief Minister for the initiative.

Chief Minister Dr. Yadav stated that the state is actively promoting e-governance under which the e-Cabinet initiative has been launched. Necessary training is being provided to concerned officials and ministers on the use of the e-Cabinet application. He explained that the application is based on modern technology and is paperless, secure and confidential, enabling members of the Council of Ministers to access it ‘Anytime and Anywhere’ at their convenience. The application will primarily facilitate viewing the Cabinet agenda and tracking compliance reports of decisions taken in previous Cabinet meetings.

Chief Minister SDr. Yadav expressed confidence that Cabinet members would fully benefit from the new system to enhance transparency and save time. He said that initially, the Cabinet meeting agenda would be circulated in both physical and digital formats, but would later be shared entirely in digital form. With the introduction of the paperless e-Cabinet system, the physical distribution of files will be eliminated, resulting in significant savings of paper and time.

Chief Secretary Anurag Jain informed that all Cabinet decisions taken since 1960 have been digitised, and decisions from the past two years can now be accessed with a single click. At the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting, a presentation was made to familiarise ministers with the objectives, wide-ranging utility and basic operational aspects of the tablets and the e-Cabinet application.