 "Accenture To Create Portal For Sikkim")
Accenture has been awarded a contract by the State Government of Sikkim to create Internet access to government services, streamlining efficiency and reducing administrative functions. The 42-month contract, effective in September, will help improve information delivery and monitoring of services through online access for citizens and businesses.
“e-Governance enables stakeholders to access a host of services digitally and conveniently, eliminating the need for citizens to stand in long queues to obtain information and services. This is especially true in the populous emerging markets,” said Krishna G.V. Giri, who leads Accenture’s Health & Public Service operating group in India and its Management Consulting practice in Asia Pacific. “The government will be better equipped not only to share important information, but facilitate future growth by reducing operational costs and overhead. We are proud to collaborate with the government on this important digital initiative,” said Giri.
“The ‘Accenture e-forms builder’ that will be used for this e-Governance project is a great example of applying a reusable asset developed by Accenture for rapid and standard implementations. This enables state governments like Sikkim to deliver early availability of services to its citizens,” Giri added.
Accenture will leverage its expertise in technology and leading large-scale implementation efforts to create an Internet-based system — a new communications channel that will enable collaboration by state departments, standardisation of information and increased efficiency of service delivery to citizens and businesses. The e-Governance portal will provide easy, anywhere, anytime access to government services and help reduce the number of government office visits for citizens.
“We believe this project will significantly benefit citizens and enable easy interaction with various government services. This represents an important part of our ongoing initiative to move Sikkim ahead in our path toward citizen-centric, technological advancement,” said N K Pradhan, Minister of Information Technology of State of Sikkim.