Source: Hueiyen News Service / GS Loitongba
Imphal, November 09 2008:
A NEW system which job seekers in Manipur could apply their applications through internet will be implemented soon in the state.
Authorities are on hectic preparation availing the new system from this year December last week, official source said.
Under the new system, names of the job seekers enrolled in the state employment exchange offices will be computerized and put up in the website.
In the first phase, the work of computerization of the names of the job seekers will be done at the employment exchange offices in Imphal west, Imphal east and Chanchipur, the source said.
The same will be extended in other employment exchange offices located in other districts across the states, it added.
The new system is to be taken up under the e-governance of the Centre.
The implementation of the project is estimate to cost around Rs 26 lakhs to 27 lakhs and out of this Centre has released Rs 3 lakhs and authority of the employment exchange in collaboration with MANITRON has started taken up the works, the source added.
MANITRON is currently engaging in the data entry of the list of the job seekers registered with the employment exchange offices, National Information Centre, NIC is providing software and hardware for the project while the state science and technology department is mobilizing the funds for the same projects.
However, the progress of the works is not in much progress due to the non-arrival of require materials procure from outside the state.
Even though the progress is observed to be slow, the authorities are targeting to complete the same and launch the new system by the end of December this year, the source disclosed.
With MANITRON already started data entry works, so far names of around 3000 have been maintained, the source said.
With regard to the conveniences to be availed by the job seekers, officials of the implementing agencies said that after launching the new system, job seekers will need not to throng at the employment exchange offices for enrolment as well as applying for a certain jobs from time to time.
They can submit their names for the job they wanted to apply through internet, it said.
Another facility to be provided by the new system is that if any private farms wanted qualified job seekers, they can access to the website and can intimate with the job seeker they want.