UP: Digitalisation of all urban citizen services through SUDM-UP

LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh: The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has asked the Urban Development Department to get the State Urban Digital Mission (SUDM-UP) operational for citizen-centric governance in the state.

The state government has given its approval for setting up the SUDM-UP to provide online services to the urban population which will be supervised by the Digital Mission Director. Amrit Abhijat, Principal Secretary of SUDM said, “SUDM is going to be parastatal agency owned by UP government, and on the lines of national mission, would focus on enhancing the ease of living for the urban citizens by facilitating online delivery of municipal services.”

The Yogi government is prioritising E-governance, reflecting Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘minimum government and maximum governance.’

AK Sharma, Minister of Urban Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh mentioned that along with depositing house tax and water tax, its citizens will avail the facility of obtaining birth and death certificates through online services.

To cater to 760 urban local bodies and about five crore population, the SUDM-UP will work as the implementation agency to incorporate best urban practices by using IT, ITES and state-of-the-art digital technologies.

This digital initiative will first be applied in 17 Municipal Corporations and in the urban local bodies situated within the headquarters of the 18 administrative divisions. The smaller towns will be gradually digitised.

To implement the digital initiatives, the department has set aside a budget of ₹25 crore and has decided to provide ₹5 lakh to the local bodies which lack resources, infrastructure and manpower that is required to provide digital services.