category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU chandigarh Under the dynamic leadership of the Chief Minister Manohar Lal, the present State Government is constantly taking pioneering steps towards bringing complete transparency to the government system.After ensuring transparency in various public-centric services, now the government has started the e-tender process to ensure the execution of work being done through Panchayats in a fair and transparent manner. Not only this, e-tendering also aims to speed up the development work in Panchayats along with fixing the accountability of the concerned. While development works up to Rs 2 lakh will be done without tender, a provision has been made to get development works above Rs 2 lakh through the e-tender process. This e-tender process has also been completely simplified. Another feature of this radical change is that now the payment for all the development works to be done in the village will be done by the Gram Panchayat only. The e-tendering process for works costing between Rs 2 lakh to Rs 25 lakh has also been simplified by the government. On the portal, more than 600 contractors have registered so far. According to the data, 90 percent of the development works in the villages are up to Rs 25 lakh only. Also, now the execution of development works would also be done at a faster pace as the e-tendering process will be completed within a month. The e-tender process has been started mainly to bring transparency in development works, not to affect the role of Panchayat. Panchayats have been further empowered by providing all administrative powers for development works. The Panchayats themselves will also pay for the development works done through e-tendering. Now the Panchayats can also give administrative approval for their development work. Earlier technical approval used to take a long time, but now such approval will be given quickly and smoothly. This e-tendering will also ensure transparency in the functioning of Panchayats and the general public and villagers will be able to get information about the development works of their villages on the portal. Along with this, Sarpanches will also be free from the responsibility of maintaining manual records. (editor dailyworld.in)