Saving environment, Cabinet meetings to go green in Uttarakhand! To save 20,000 sheets of paper

Dehradun, November 26: Soon Uttarakhand Cabinet will conduct its meeting digitally as there will be no use of paper. Even the confidential documents will be circulated via email between the Chief Minister, the chief secretary, and other departmental heads. The Gopan department which looks after the affairs of the state cabinet has been working on an e-Cabinet project for a while.

 

At least 20,000 sheets of paper are used in every meeting according to the Gopan department’s estimate. On average, approximately 15 matters are put up for discussion in every meeting. Every proposal takes 10-15 number of pages and an additional 20 pages are prepared for distribution. A Cabinet note of each agenda is also sent out after the meeting. E-cabinet meeting will disallow such wastage of paper.

Cabinet notes will be circulated through a secure Local Area Network (LAN). The cables are being connected between the Cabinet and the Gopan department for the same. At the moment, copies of the agenda are delivered to the minister’s office or residence a day before the actual meeting. They are unable to study it in time if they are not in the city. This is set to change.