Himachal CM launches 7 online services under SMC

SHIMLA: Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh launched seven online billing, water and property tax payment services of Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) on February 18, 2019 in Shimla. These services are developed by the Information Technology Department under e-district project.

CM said that around 59 services have been launched under e-district portal. The government will host 136 more services under the system during the next financial year 2019-2020. He also launched availability of ration card and a copy of parivar register through DigiLocker to the residents of Himachal Pradesh.

The residents can create their DigiLocker account at http://digilocker.gov.in. They can also download the mobile app for Android and iOS. There are 18,39,865 ration card holders and 16,91,275 families in the parivar register. Residents can download their ration cards and copies of parivar registers on their mobiles and computers through their DigiLocker accounts.

CM applauded the efforts of the department and expressed his pleasure that the citizens would be benefitted from these services. He launched HIMSWAN dongle using private APN services for mobile operators.