E-office goes offline: Are ministers in love with pen and paper in Madhya Pradesh?
Madhya Pradesh's e-office system, intended to digitalize government file processing, has failed to gain full traction, particularly among ministers. While files move digitally up to senior bureaucrats, ministers continue to print them out, reverting to physical documents for approval. This reluctance hinders the system's goals of transparency and efficiency, despite multiple past attempts and a recent relaunch.
Madhya Pradesh's e-office system, intended to digitalize government file processing, has failed to gain full traction, particularly among ministers. While files move digitally up to senior bureaucrats, ministers continue to print them out, reverting to physical documents for approval. This reluctance hinders the system's goals of transparency and efficiency, despite multiple past attempts and a recent relaunch.
