Raipur. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai has congratulated and wished the officials of the Mineral Department on Chhattisgarh’s Mineral Online Portal receiving the Excellence Award. The web-based portal Mineral Online, developed by Chhattisgarh’s Mineral Resources Department for the overall management of mines and minerals in the state, has been awarded the Technology Sabha Excellence Award under the Enterprise Applications category by the Indian Express Group. In a program organized on August 23 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, this award was received by Anurag Dewan, Joint Director and Nodal Officer of Mineral Online, on behalf of the Mineral Department.
This scheme of making any government process online has proved to be a major step towards ease of doing business in the mining sector of Chhattisgarh. With the success of Khanij Online, the department is now working on the Khanij Online 2.0 scheme. In which, along with geofencing of mines, vehicle tracking system, mobile app etc., it is working on the plan to establish a Central Command and Control Center for monitoring and control including integration with RTO, Railways etc. In the year 2018-19, the Khanij Online project has also been given the National Award for e-Governance by the Government of India to recognize and promote excellence in the initiative and implementation of re-engineering of government process and system through digital transformation.
It is worth mentioning that Khanij Online Portal is being operated since 21st June, 2017. In this portal, arrangements have been made for online application for various purposes, single click payment, system generated bar coded e-transit pass, end-to-end tracking for ease of work of stakeholders associated with mining operation such as mine owners, processors, transporters and users, end-use plant owners. Through the portal, all the stakeholders involved in mining operation, processing, transportation, end-use etc. work on a single platform.
The Navaratna companies of the country engaged in mining operations like NMDC, SECL etc. as well as the big private sector companies like BALCO, Hindalco, Ultratech, Shri Cement, Emami, Jaiswal Nico, Godavari Power, JK Lakshmi, Nuvoco, Ambuja as well as small dolomite excavation lease holders are also successfully carrying out mining business through the Mineral Online Portal.