Bhubaneswar: Odisha Excise Department received the prestigious Digital India Gold Award for undertaking digital initiatives to facilitate ‘ease of doing business’ through e-Abkari.
The President, Droupadi Murmu, presented the award at a special event in New Delhi.
The Excise Department has switched over to the digital work place “eAbkari” with the technical support of NIC since 2019-20 developing and implementing more than 30 online modules so far. It has brought transparent, hassle free, real time, seamless and timely service delivery with faceless service at door steps.
This led to proper monitoring and strengthening of enforcement activities, curbing of illicit & spurious liquor, timely service delivery at different levels, proper supply chain management with regulation of production and manufacture.
The department has made settlement of all kinds of excise shops through e-Lottery process, timely issue and renewal of all licenses, brand and label registration with 100% online payment, detection and arrest in Excise and NDPS through digital mode.
Grant of all permits, passes, shifting and transfer of ownership of shops, Enforcement monitoring modules like DPR, CCIS, SIR and mobile app development for tracking of raid spots and excise shops are the glaring examples of new technologies in the Excise realm.
The Government of India has envisioned the Digital India Programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Digital India Awards encourage and honour innovative digital initiatives by government entities at all levels.
