Agartala/Itanagar, June 13 (TIWN) The central government has advised to all the eight northeastern states to set up e-office in a fixed time and all technical and financial support to achieve the e-office mission to be implemented right from civil secretariat to district level in all the states would be provided by the centre, officials said on Saturday.

Information Technology Department officials in Agartala and Itanagar said that union DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region) Minister Jitendra Singh while addressing a workshop through webinar (videoconferencing) on Friday said that the progress of e-office in 75 Central Ministries and Departments enabled the creation of a digital central secretariat which ensured that work from home was possible in the COVID-19 lockdown period. 

"The implementation of e-office in state secretariats of northeastern states would result in creation of paperless state secretariats in a time bound manner where officers would be empowered with virtual private networks, digital signature certificates and promote less contact governance," he said.