Several initiatives taken for more transparency, citizen-friendly registration in J&K’

SRINAGAR, MARCH 8: Inspector General of Registration, J&K has reaffirmed that several have been taken or are in the pipeline for a more transparent and citizen-friendly registration.

 

He was speaking during training and interactive sessions for its staff in collaboration with Software Development Unit (SDU), NIC Pune.

 

The training and interactive sessions were organized as part of the capacity building program for digital transformation in the Registration Department.

 

IGR specifically stressed upon the participants to make use of this opportunity to clear all their doubts and misconceptions for a hassle-free, easy and efficient registration process.

 

The participants were impressed upon to adhere to the checklist of documents prescribed for various Articles/instruments and the circular instructions on registration on the date of appointment. They were further advised to encourage and facilitate citizens in document registration and not to create impediments or return their documents on flimsy grounds, which has the tendency to prolong the registration process and cause avoidable hardships to citizens.

 

The programs were conducted at Convention Centre Jammu, DC office Srinagar, Sub Registrar Offices of District Baramulla and Srinagar and were attended by IGR, J&K, AIGRK/J, District Registrars and Sub Registrars both in person and virtually besides the registration staff.

 

These programs were organized in Jammu and Srinagar, on the directions of the Secretary Revenue, over the past 10 days for the registering officers and registration staff.

 

Pertinently, registration of documents in J&K is conducted online through the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS), software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), under the aegis of Government of India, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.

 

Pranav Borate, Senior Developer, SDU, NIC, Pune (I/c J&K) along-with the technical team of IGR office conducted the capacity building programs which witnessed over whelming participation of the registration staff of all Sub Registrar offices.