Pune municipal corporation goes hi-tech
Pune: Pune residents can now with a click of the mouse pay their municipal taxes and apply for birth and death certificates with the city municipal corporation launching its upgraded user friendly website from Monday.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Pune Municipal Corporation Anupam Saraph told IANS: "The earlier website was very cluttered. The new website will be very secure and the element of privacy will be adequately maintained. It will ensure faster transactions."
"We are the first to have a payment gateway through HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. The citizens can pay their property tax, see their arrears or past payment history on the website itself," he said.
The idea of the simpler website with payment gateway is the brainchild of Anupam Saraph, who was appointed six weeks back as part of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the PMC and the Software Exporter Association.
Pune happens to be the first corporation in India to have a CIO.
"The website has been a voluntary effort by the software companies in Pune such as Persistent software, Eclipse software who provided manpower purely on a voluntary basis," said Saraph.
IANS
Reader’s comments
Comment 1: I got that site ..
http://www.punecorporation.org/
Posted by : Lailesh Maste - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
http://www.punecorporation.org/
Posted by : Lailesh Maste - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Comment 2: Yes, we are expecting the url for this site from SiliconIndia.
Posted by : Lailesh Maste - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Posted by : Lailesh Maste - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Comment 3: Good information. However, why don't you post the url of their site?
Posted by : Satish Talim - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Posted by : Satish Talim - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Comment 4: This is a very good initiative but if I am not wrong, paying property tax online has been possible in Hyderabad for a long long time now.. so this is no first.
Posted by : mihir - Monday, April 07, 2008
Posted by : mihir - Monday, April 07, 2008
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