Chandigarh, January 3- Haryana Council of Ministers which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today, approved the creation of a new Department i.e. Citizen Resources Information Department (Nagrik Sansadhan Suchna Vibhag).

The Council of Ministers has decided that in order to provide an impetus for the Parivar Pehchan Patra for preparing a common database for implementation of Government schemes and delivery of Government services through the digital medium.

The new department will be dealing the various subjects namely, Parivar Pehchan Patra, Development of Citizen Resource's inventory as a common database with the use of informatics and information infrastructure, Promotion and development of common database across Departments, common networks and informatics including geoinformatics for delivery of Government to citizen services.

The new department will also, deal with all the work related to E-Governance for Government-citizen engagement for implementation of Government schemes and delivery of Government services.

The new department will also work to establish a linked database connecting individual, family and property data for utilization by other Government Departments and agencies in the delivery of Government services by the Departments and agencies.

The new department will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of Government services and schemes to the citizens of the State of Haryana using digital technology as a medium.