category Regional, mohali, , tags Regional, mohali, , DW BUREAU Mohali The need of the hour is that all the State government agencies should collaborate, connect, and respond to the needs of the public more efficiently by accessing accurate and real-time data, said Chief Minister, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. He was addressing a conference organised by the Bharti Institute of Public Policy of the Indian School of Business (ISB) on governance and technology at Mohali today. Chief Minister also launched the Him Data Portal a common digital platform to integrate data of all organizations for the deliverance of welfare schemes and to better serve the public. From July 2023, the Himachal Pradesh government would start the Him Parivar project which will give a special digital identity to the people of the State. This will strengthen the State s benefit delivery systems through Him Pulse which will support and enhance the capacity of Him Parivar in linking digital identity to the delivery of benefits to the targeted population. Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that information about essential facilities like ration cards, family registers, electricity, drinking water etc would be available with a single click through the Him Parivar Project. He said that the people associated with the Him Pariyojna project would get information about various welfare schemes easily. I believe that the simple off-the-shelf connection will not only save the time of the public but will also bring in more efficiency in the working of the Government besides transparency, which is the sole motto of my Governance , said he, adding that this will largely benefit the targeted sections. The most important component of a welfare State is Good Governance with better administration and to give practical shape to the overall development in a phased manner. He said that the aim of the state government was to provide basic facilities down to the last man and for this, it was necessary to have accurate digital data of the services and the beneficiaries. The Him Data Portal will bring valuable data from multiple domains together of various departments thereby helping in visualizing patterns, gaps, opportunities and connections cohesively, which would result in strengthening efficiencies in governance. Besides, it will assist in giving operators insights into critical parts of a transaction, smart recovery process and connected system outages to benefit both the Government and the Public. In the very first budget our government emphasized adopting state-of-the-art data collection and research techniques so that available resources could be better utilized, said the Chief Minister. In the next 10 years, Himachal would be the most prosperous state of the country. This collaboration will go a long way in facilitating in improving the socio-economic prosperity of the State, said he. The Indian School of Business, as a knowledge partner, would help in making the Himachal Data Portal more useful. The state government and the Indian School of Business would work together in the fields of education, information technology, forests and governance. Sh. Sukhu also invited the Indian School of Business to set up a Center for Policy Research in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Board Chairman, Raghuveer Singh Bali said that the wide political experience of the Himachal Chief Minister would give new heights to the development of Himachal Pradesh through digital technology. This collaboration will go a long way in facilitating in improving the socio-economic prosperity of the State as well. Chief Advisor, Information Technology and Innovation, Gokul Butail said that the most important asset of 21st century is data and the timely collection of correct information. (editor dailyworld.in)