LAHORE: The Punjab Food Safety and Consumer Protection (FS&CP) department has completed online transfer of 131,821 old and official files as part of its digitalisation drive aimed at makingprovincialinstitutions paperless.
According to a performance report released by Food Safety and Consumer Protection Secretary Dr Kiran Khurshid, seven of the department’s eight subordinate institutions have achieved Level-4 in digitalisation, while the DG Food office has attained Level-3.
She said the scanning and online transfer of all files at the headquarters and field offices of the Punjab Food Authority, DG Enforcement, Payam, and the Punjab Sahulat Bazaar Authority had been completed.Dr Khurshid said the digitisation of old files at the DG Food, PAMRA, E&M, and Consumer Protection Councils was continuing at a fast pace.
She said the DG Food office had the largest volume of pending historical records, for which seven additional scanners had been provided. A target of scanning 25,000 pages daily has been set to complete the remaining digitisation process.
She said the Punjab Food Authority, PAMRA, DG Food and Cane Commissioner, and the Punjab Sahulat Bazar Authority had been shifted to the e-Biz portal and added that the DG Food officehad alreadyreceived its first three online applications through the portal, describing it as a step towards transparent and paperless governance.
Staff Reporter