MoCA e-office inaugurated by Union Minister

Saturday, 27 December, 2014
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Minister for Civil Aviation (MoCA), Government of India, this week inaugurated the e-office governance in the Ministry, and Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Single Window Clearance to Communication Masts through Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA)-NOC Application System (NOCAS) Integration.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister highlighted the importance of e-governance and elaborated on the arrangements made in MoCA under this programme, as per a PIB release. He particularly highlighted the importance of transparency and accountability through which both efficiency and effectiveness are derived.

The salient features of the e-office include - single instance has been created for MoCA, BCAS, DGCA, CRS, and IGRUA with the URL ca.eoffice.gov.in; all new files will be generated electronically, for which training and hand holding on e-office has been provided to all users of MoCA, including data entry operators/consultants; ninety Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs) have been installed and bound with e-office application out of 137; and all identified Employee Master Database (EMD) managers/master trainer identified by the Department have also been trained on e-office administration modules.

V Somasundaran, Secretary, Civil Aviation, Government of India, gave a detailed account of the e-office programme, which was followed by a presentation, and as part of the live demonstration an active file was forwarded by the Secretary to the Minister, which was cleared by the latter online.

As part of the e-governance implementation, in the offices under MoCA, AAI’s initiative of e-clerance (communication mast) was also launched. S Raheja, Chairman, AAI, gave details of the project and immediately after the presentation, height clearance of one of the active case was granted online. The salient points include - SACFA is responsible for frequency allocation and mast (fixed wireless) clearance to telecom Operators, based on AAI’s No Objection Certificate (NOC); and the applicants were required to file an additional online application at NOCAS, AAI for NOC for height clearance.

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