In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has Launched a mobile application named PROOF, to bring more transparency and accountability in the governance system. PROOF stands for ‘Photographic Record of On-site Facility’. The main objective of this app is to monitor the work progress of all the projects allocated to different Departments of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory and ensure timely completion of these projects.
It will help in uploading geo-tagged photographs while preferring bills in the concerned treasuries against the budget alloted through the BEAMS (Budget Estimation, Allocation and Monitoring system) application. The application will monitoring and timely completion of projects.
Significance of 'PROOF' app:
1) The app will give a complete view of the work along with the geographical coordinates I.e. Latitude and longitude and user comments on work progress.
2) As per the new rules of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, no bills shall be entertained in the treasury unless photographs of the projects are uploaded.
3) In order to get the bills passed, it will be mandatory to upload geo-tagged photographs to bring in more transparency and accountability in the system.
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