New Delhi, July 20 (aGency) Delhi Government has set a deadline to completely digitalize 25 lakhs of the legacy records by mid-August. 20 lakh among them have been already converted while the process is underway for the rest of the document, officials at the Revenue Department said on Wednesday. A meeting in this regard was convened on July 8 which Revenue Minister Kailash Gehlot chaired. A follow-up meeting was convened on Tuesday. “The emphasis of the meeting was on digitization of all legacy certificate records/data (roughly 25 lakh certificates) at all district offices in Delhi. This has been a perennial issue for citizens who often raised grievances for being unable to get certificates issued by the revenue department due to their inability to verify legacy records to issue new certificates,” a senior official said.
The Revenue Department has already scanned roughly 20 lakh certificate records and the entire record is expected to get completely digitized with the help of NIC by mid-August, 2022. The digitized certificates in two districts are expected to be made available by mid-August after a pilot run that will commence in the last week of July 2022. “After the success of the pilot run, the digitized certificates from these two districts will become accessible online. After digitization of all certificate records, an online search will become seamless and will enable verification of all certificates issued by the Government of NCT of Delhi,” the officials informed. According to the officials, these records are eventually expected to become digitally retrievable by the front office executives for verification and other official purposes without having to deal with the cumbersome physical extraction of old data records. The certificate records include SC/ST, OBC, marriage and all other certificates. The officials also informed that the digital compilation of records is expected to include Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificates in the near future that are essential documents for most official purposes for citizens in order to claim government welfare benefits.