Bhubaneswar: In pursuance to the 5T principles of State Government, the Department of Finance on Thursday launched electronic receipt i.e. e-Receipt 2.0 system.
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra has rolled out the service here in the Lok Seva Bhawan today.
The Chief Secretary lauded the efforts of the Finance Department in its endeavor to strengthen e- Receipt system of Government and to fulfill the objective of Mo Sarkar by providing service delivery at the doorstep of citizens.
In his opening remarks, Principal Secretary, Finance, Vishal Kumar Dev highlighted the new services that have been included through the new arrangement.
Development Commissioner Pradeep Jena expressed his satisfaction on the adoption of the e- Governance efforts undertaken by Finance Department.
The Finance Department has taken steps for providing good governance and improving the delivery of services in electronic receipts and disbursement under Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS).
In order to make available new modes of payment of taxes and other dues to the citizens, Odisha Treasury Portal has availed the services of Indian Bank and Axis Bank through their Payment Gateway Service providers. The new arrangement will provide facilities like Card, UPI ID and QR code and Wallets based payments, an official said.
On this occasion, the Service Level Agreements were signed between Government and the two Banks, i.e. Axis Bank and Indian Bank for use of two other payment Gateways namely: Bill desk and CC Avenue.
Director, Treasury, Rupanarayan Das, Regional Head of Indian Bank, Bhubaneswar and State Head of Axis Bank were also present on this occasion.