This means what .. All its regulating bodies internal, external transactions and procedures in the Government of Dubai are from now on 100 percent digital and managed from a comprehensive digital government services platform.
The Crown Prince of Dubai, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that Dubai has become the world’s first Government to go entirely paperless.
He also pointed at savings worth $350 million and 14 million man hours across the Dubai Government. Internal, external transactions and procedures in the Dubai government are 100 per cent digital and managed using a comprehensive digital government services platform.
The achievement results from the Dubai Paperless Strategy, which was launched in 2018 to establish Dubai as the world’s first paperless Government.
All internal and external procedures and transactions in the Government of Dubai are now 100 per cent digital. The Government of Dubai executed the Strategy through five phases.
“Today is the beginning of a new stage in Dubai’s journey to digitise life in all its aspects – a journey which is rooted in innovation, creativity, and a focus on the future,” said Sheikh Hamdan.
The first stage involved cutting down on paper usage by more than 72.5 million sheets of paper, according to a Siasat Daily report.
The second and third phases followed in 2019, with entities such as Dubai Courts, Dubai Municipality, and Dubai Customs joining the initiative, drastically reducing paper usage.
More than 242 million sheets of paper were saved in the second and third phases, collectively.
The fifth and final phase began in June 2020, with more entities joining the initiative, saving more than 8.2 million sheets of paper in total.
The Dubai Government implemented the Strategy across all 45 government entities in the emirate, which provide over 1,800 digital services and over 10,500 key transactions.
It should be noted Indian Government ambitious paperless initiative has been affected by several factors including security flaws.
DigiLocker is the leading flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & I.T. (MeitY), which provides access to authentic digital documents through the citizen’s digital document wallet.
However, the initiative had been affected by an alleged authentication flaw, which put over 3.8 crore accounts at risk. Certain circles claim this flaw has been fixed However other experts still claim security concerns still remain.
Inside India however State governments such as the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Karnataka governments are spearheading the paperless e-governance with initiatives on the cards ..
The Tamil Nadu E-Governance Agency has planned to launch an e-Office, creating 50,000 e-mail points for over 3,500 employees.
However, M Anbarasu, President of Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association, had stated that it was practically impossible to implement 100% paperless from a remote location.
With Dubai remarkable achievement of Digitalisation that help in providing exceptional experiences for residents through the DubaiNow application which allows access to more than 130 smart city services in 12 major categories., Indian states may initiate fresh vigour in the days to come .
